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Dragon Seed

1944, Movie, NR, 145 mins

Dragon Seed: Review

A strong cast (with taped eyelids) render good performances in this lengthy film which is based on Pearl Buck's best-seller about the wartime atrocities leveled by the Japanese against the Chinese. Jade (Katharine Hepburn) is the aggressive and idealistic wife of Lao Er (Turhan Bey). Fearing imminent Japanese invasion, Jade persuades her husband to escape to the mountains to work in a munitions factory, although her father-in-law, Ling Tan (Walter Huston), refuses to believe... read more leave a comment

Dragon Seed: Cast & Details

Year: 1944
Rated NR

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Cast
Katharine Hepburn: Jade
Walter Huston: Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon: Mrs. Ling Tan
Akim Tamiroff: Wu Lien
Turhan Bey: Lao Er
Hurd Hatfield: Lao San

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Dragon Seed: TV Guide News

I was channel surfing and ... | Movie News | 9/15/2005
Question: I was channel surfing and came across a movie with Katharine Hepburn playing an Asian character; her eyes seemed to be taped back to give them an Asian look. What was the movie's title, and was there any backlash against it because a white person was playing an Asian character? Answer: The film is Dragon Seed (1944), based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck, a Hillsboro, West Va., native who was raised in China by missionary parents. It involves World War II atrocities against the Chinese by Japanese soldiers. I'm unaware of any significant backlash against the casting of Caucasian actors like Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, read more

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