Ju Dou

An erotic tale of forbidden love as an embittered and impotent factory owner’s battered bride and his overworked nephew secretly maintain a relationship until it seems murder is the only only way to be together freely., Zhang Yimou’s second feature is set in China during the 1920s. Gong Li stars as the title character, a young woman whom the wealthy, aging Yang Jin-shan (Li Wei) buys to be his bride. Due to his own impotence, Ju Dou cannot bear the son Yang Jin-shan desperately wants; as a result, their marriage becomes violent and bitterly unhappy, forcing the girl into the arms of the old man’s nephew Yang Tian-qing (Li Bao-tian)., Acclaimed tale of a young woman (Gong Li), her elderly husband (Li Wei) and the man (Li Bao-Tian) who becomes her lover. Yang Tianabi (youth): Zhen Jian. Tianbai (infant): Zhang Yi. Directed by Zhang Yimou, in collaboration with Yang Fengliang.