Dragon Seed

6.8 1944 148 min
NR
Drama

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.

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Directors
Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway
Writers
Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts
Classification
NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

Katharine Hepburn Jade Tan
Walter Huston Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff Wu Lien
Turhan Bey Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers Third Cousin
Robert Bice Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

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