After completing the second film "Puma" directed by himself, Zhang Yimou took a fancy to Liu Guanjun's novel "Fuxi Fuxi" and decided to adapt it into a movie. He believes that "Fuxi Fuxi" criticized the Chinese without mercy, and portrayed the Chinese people's human nature in a very wooden way. He compares this novel with "Red Sorghum" and feels that "Red Sorghum" is full of idealistic humanity, and "Fuxi Fuxi" depicts the real Chinese people's realistic mentality. The Japanese producer Tokuyama Kang admired Zhang Yimou's talent very much after watching "Red Sorghum" and wanted to cooperate with him in filming. After negotiation, it was decided that the third film directed by Zhang Yimou would be jointly shot by the German Exchange Company, the German Bookstore, the China Film Co-production Company, and the China Film Distribution and Projection Company. The film was originally called "Moaning" and later changed its name to "Ju Dou"
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Ju Dou Creative background
2022-01-20 08:04
