Released
Raise the Red Lantern
December 18 1991 (about 33 years ago)Rating
79
Based on
717 reviews
China, 1920. One Master, Four Wives.
- Director: Zhang Yimou
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 5 m
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $16,600,000
- Countries: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Companies: ERA International, China Film Co-Production Corp., Century Communications, Salon Films
In 1920s China, nineteen-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
