Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
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Raise the Red Lantern

DirectorZhang Yimou

“China, 1920. One master, four wives.”

8.0 / 10 · 888 votes
1991
2h 5m
Drama

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

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