Dragon Seed (film)

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Dragon Seed
movie poster
Directed by	Harold S. Bucquet Jack Conway
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Written by	Pearl S. Buck (novel) Marguerite Roberts Jane Murfin
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Aline MacMahon
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	Sidney Wagner
Editing by	Harold F. Kress
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's
Release date(s)	July 20, 1944 (U.S.)
Running time	147 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Dragon Seed is a 1944 war drama film starring Katharine Hepburn. Based on a best-selling book by Pearl S. Buck, the film portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese war. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but Jade (played by Hepburn), a headstrong woman, stands up to the Japanese.

Aline MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress.

[edit] Cast

Katharine Hepburn as Jade
Walter Huston as Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon as Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff as Wu Lien
Turhan Bey as Lao Er Tan
Hurd Hatfield as Lao San Tan
J. Carrol Naish as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead as Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers as Third Cousin
Robert Bice as Lao Ta Tan
Robert Lewis as Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty as Orchid Tan
Leonard Strong as a Japanese Official
Jacqueline deWit as Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung as Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns as Neighbor Shen
Anna Demetrio as Wu Sao

[edit] External links

Dragon Seed at the Internet Movie Database
Dragon Seed at the TCM Movie Database
Dragon Seed at AllRovi

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