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"In 1920s China, a young woman is forced into marriage and is then abused by her elderly husband. Her suffering attracts the sympathy of her husband's younger, kinder nephew, and the two begin a secret affair that could lead to tragic consequences."
"Plattelandsdrama uit de jaren twintig van de twintigste eeuw. Een Chinese wordt zwanger van de geadopteerde zoon van haar man."
"A tragedy of a young woman who is abused by her elderly husband and falls in love with her nephew."
"Une jeune paysanne, Ju Dou, est achetée par un homme âgé, propriétaire d'une teinturerie, qui souhaite vivement avoir un héritier mâle. Maltraitée par son époux, Ju Dou s'éprend d'un neveu vivant dans leur foyer avec lequel elle a un enfant. Mais ce dernier, qui ne sait pas qui est son véritable père, finira par tuer les deux hommes.--[Premiere.fr]."
"In 1920s China, a young woman who is abused by her elderly husband falls in love with his nephew."
""Somewhere in a small village in China, 1920 ..." the miserly proprietor of a cloth dyeing factory buys his third wife, Ju Dou, to bear him the heir he craves for. The beautiful young woman is cruelly beaten as penance for the old man's impotence & so turns to his nephew for protection. They become lovers & Ju Dou's subsequent pregnancy further tangles the web of treachery & deception."
"Jishan Yang, an elderly dye mill owner in a Chinese village during the 1920's, has purchased a young bride who he hopes will produce an heir. He beats and mistreats her. Tianqing, Jishan's nephew, who works in the mill, and the young woman become secret lovers and she bears his son, Tianbai. The lovers believe that Jishan's death will free them from his tyranny. However, their forbidden love leads eventually to catastrophe."
"Tianquin travaille comme esclave pour son oncle adoptif, le teinturier Yang Jinshan. Celui-ci, bien que d'un âge avancé, a pris une 3e épouse, Ju Dou, qu'il maltraite. La jeune femme trouve un consolateur secret en Tianquin et bientôt Yang Jinshan se réjouit de la naissance d'un fils, Tianbai. Un accident rend le vieil homme infirme, si bien que Ju Dou et Tianquin ne se gênent plus pour afficher leur amour devant lui. Mais Tianbai, en vieillissant, prend le parti du mari trompé ce qui cause quelques drames."
"Cina, anni Venti: la bella Ju Dou, moglie di un anziano e brutale tintore, si innamora del nipote di costui, Yang Tianquing: dalla relazione nascerà un figlio che, crescendo, vendicherà l'onore familiare offesa dei genitori. (Mereghetti)."@it
"Pour s'assurer une descendance, un paysan s'achète une jeune épouse... Portrait d'une femme chinoise des années 1920, dans la Chine rurale... Mise en scène éblouissante, l'un des premiers rôles de Gong Li..."
"An aging mill owner in search of an heir takes a third wife, but she finds love in the arms of his nephew when her husband's brutality proves too much."
"La chine rurale dans les années 20. Le propriétaire d'une teinturerie, sexagénaire impuissant et cupide, "s'achète" une jeune épouse, Ju Dou, et la torture pour la forcer à lui donner un fils. Son neveu Tianquing, employé à la teinturerie, tombe amoureux de Ju Dou et de leur union naît un enfant que le vieillard prend pour le sien. Devenu paralysé, il découvre l'adultère de sa femme et cherche à se venger...[source jaquette]."
"The abused wife of a sadistic Chinese mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free the lovers from the mill owner's tyranny -- or could it?"
"A variation of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," this film follows a mill-owner's wife and nephew, who together plot the mill-owner's murder."
"Die junge Schönheit Ju Dou wird an den alten und brutalen Yang Jin-Shan verschachert. Er will um jeden Preis einen Sohn. Sein Neffe, der in der Färberei des Alten arbeitet, verliebt sich in Yu Dou und zeugt mit ihr ein Kind."
"The battered wife of a Chinese mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free them from the mill owner's tyranny -- or could it?"
"The abused wife of a sadistic Chinese mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free the lovers from the mill owner's tyranny--or could it?"
"Set in 1920 China, a woman and her husband's nephew become lovers and plot to murder the husband."
"The abused wife of a sadistic Chinese mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free the lovers from the mill owner's tyranny- or could it?"