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Yellow Earth

7.219841h 31mMovieDramaMusicHistory

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.

DirectorChen Kaige
WritersZiliang Zhang·Chen Kaige

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Cast · Directed by Chen Kaige

XBXue Bai
Xue Bai
Cuiqiao
WXWang Xueqi
Wang Xueqi
Gu Qing
TT
Tuo Tan
The Father
QL
Quiang Liu
Hanhan

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Yellow Earth hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 7, 1984. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.