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will you be uploading any other zhang yimou movies? i have been looking for things like 'to live' but cant find it anywhere. also stuff like the blue kite? anyway thanks for this i love the film
@@cosmari245 And he's in a relationship with his flute teacher -- the book's narrative still suggests that Feipu is not gay but simply afraid of women. One might wonder if the Cultural Revolution had not put an end to such tribal anarchy, Feipu would have ended up like his father, or if he would have changed some things.
I saw this movie when it first came out! I think it was the early 90s. Since then, I’ve seen it 3 times in movie theatres, and watched it at least twice online with friends. I can simply watch it again and again. 30 years ago, I didn’t know a single word of Chinese and never imagined I’d ever learn Chinese. Now, I’m at lower intermediate level, nowhere enough to fully understand the dialogues in the movie. But now I find the whole movie even more intriguing to watch because I can appreciate the acting and delivery even more! I can say confidently that this is one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces ever made.
Thirty years ago, this film was our introduction to Zhang Yimou and Li Gong. It became an instant classic,. Went to check out the director's rich œuvre, touching stories with indelible images, but _Raise the Red Lantern_ is still their best collaborative effort, an unforgettable masterpiece. Thank you for sharing this in such high quality! P. S. Zhang Yimou's 70th birthday is up on Sunday, Nov 14th.
1:53:40 when she screams murderers is one of the most poweful moment in the film. The pain and horror in her voice. The understanding thay such an agreggious wrong has been done to a fellow woman. I have thought about this for months since I first saw this film.
@@grammarx I think the main reason women caught in adultery were almost always more severely punished than men who were caught engaging in forbidden sexual behavior is that men were terrified of the idea that they might end up raising another man's child as their own. -- What is interesting is that, technically, during the time the movie is set (Warlord Era), polygamy was no longer legally recognized. It was not illegal to keep concubines, though, and men like Chen simply kept a harem of concubines instead to carry on the family tradition. This means that Yan'er's dream world in which she was one of Chen's wives wasn't that different from his own distortion of reality at all.
@@emiliasidorow1535 Unless the master had reason to believe that it wasn't his, he'd probably be taken away to be raised by distant relatives and kept as a "spare". I think that's what would have happened because it is hinted that the affair between Meishan and Dr. Gao was a recent development and that Meishan got pregnant soon after her marriage to the master.
A masterpiece. The first Chinese film I ever saw. I fell in love with Gong Li, all things Chinese and learned that happy endings are not very realistic.
This beautifully filmed but tragic story profoundly impressed me so many years ago when I first saw it. I hope others will appreciate it as much as I did. It gives us a tiny peek into the old customs that weighed so heavily upon women, and which, tragically, continue to do so even these days in certain unenlightened regions where women are less valued than livestock.
the cinematography was my favourite part, especially how the giant house was always framing the characters, always putting them in rectangles and square-like shapes, making them seem small and irrelevant. also the shots on the roof were mesmerizing. the colours, the silence and stillnes, the costumes, everything. i watched a beautifully made and very thoughtful film analysis on this one made by Just One More Thing here on TH-cam. I highly recommend it, it's how I got hooked on this movie. thank you for the upload!
I remember I was sick and stayed home from school in 1993 and I watched this movie on HBO. even as a child I was like wow this was a great movie! It has stayed with me for almost 30 years! What great story telling and beautifully filmed! Thank you for posting it ❤
Her father allowed her to be educated even though it was only meant for boys to be educated during those times and because he has died, his new wife states they cannot provide her the money to keep going to school so she must wed and become a concubine to a man whose only interests are self serving and male centered: even his sons, fond as he is of them, bend to his will. The happy wedding music that plays betrays the tears she shed over not choosing her own fate.
People are never free until they are free within. Man's solutions just change the nature and location of the disease. Now the government officials can have their mistresses. When I was in university (not in China), sometimes the female students would sleep with a professor to get good grades. People crave power and security, and they will obtain it however they can.
I remember my sister & I rented this movie one night years & years ago and itbwas one of those cozy stay in cooking & watching foreign film nights! This movie stood out in my memory! Gong Li was/is just a magnificent looking woman and so talented as an actress.
I saw this movie "Raise the Red lantern" with Gong Li and others years ago . A very good, well-acted movie. I always loved Gong Li and this performance was Oscar worthy from her I thought. Thanks for the upload.
Brilliant movie, it's a masterpiece. I remember we watched it in Chinese class in high school about 20 years ago and didn't care much for it at the time (I didn't like school in general) but seeing it from a different perspective now, I can appreciate it so much more. Now that I have a) grown up; b) learned Chinese for the last five years and able to understand most of the movie now regardless of subtitles; c) fallen in love with China since learning Chinese and going to China; d) watched many Chinese movies and series and understand the cultural and historical context better - it's made a big difference compared to being an immature 14 year old.
Watched a number of times, glad I was able to find it again, so thank you for posting! Diverse, intelligent women living cloistered, ridgid lives, pitted against each other. Beautifully filmed, superbly acted!
Absolutely fascinating. I watched this film because I stumbled upon a video titled 'when the director understands sound', and I'm glad I did. Everything about this film is great. The messages and social commentary aspect aside, this is a beautiful film. The colors, the direction, the acting, the dialogues, and the sound of course -- everything is incredible. The color scheme reminds me a little bit of 'In The Mood For Love'
I saw this at the Johannesburg Film Festival when it first released. I have always remembered it, and a yt history short about Chinese emperors and their wives and concubines brought it to mind. A quick search and I was thrilled to find it... and stayed up much too late to watch this tour de force of cinema. A masterpiece in so many ways. Thank you for sharing it here.
Yes it is insane These poor ladies especially meishan and Songlian are objects of jealousy and hatred all that for a selfish man who doesnt care about them or just to satisfy his needs and have a son pff .How sad ! What a life. Better be dead than live like that..its not a happy life even in a golden palace with advantages..Fascinating movie though but the end is creepy..
@@Severine-h4o It is insane...and yet Master Chen may have seen himself as a benefactor to those women. Life during the Warlord Era was rough and girls and women were regularly kidnapped, raped and sold into brothels. He probably thought that he was providing these women with a safe haven and a good life as long as they stuck by the rules. His rules, of course. He is completely oblivious when it comes to the fact that women have social needs, too. Why can't she stay in her own house, he wonders when he learns that Songlian is in Meishan's house, playing mahjong. How would he feel if someone expected him stay in the same one-bedroom house 24/7?
Spoilers. A profound and thought-provoking movie. The first wife must have been his young bride when he was a young man. They must have been so in love when they were young together. Now she is old and he never comes to see her. She bore him a son, and she has her own separate life. She makes the most of a bad situation. The second one, younger, and apparently so cute: a "face like a Buddha". She was smiling, happy laughing, and younger. Who can compete with that? And she became the new queen of the house. Then came wife #3. Buy the time he married her, he had enough money to afford an actress, a celebrity. More than pretty, she was younger still, glamorous, cultured, talented. She had beautiful clothes and beautiful make-up. She could sing and dance. #1 and #2 could not compete with that. But then he eventually got tired of her too. He wanted something else "new and different", so he got our heroine: #4, who was young and educated. #1, #2, and #3 could not compete with new youth and education. The plain maid-servant: hoping one day that the master would "love" her, or at least elevate her out of being a servant. But why should he marry her when he can just HAVE her. He technically already owns here. When she was taken away, he said, "make sure she gets the best care. We don't want people thinking that we don't take care of our servants". He did not care one iota about her life. He only cared about what people thought of him. When number #3 cheated, here was the chance for #2 to get revenge for being replaced. She knew who held the power and ran to #1, who was happy to have one of these competitors killed. At the end, they bring in child: #5, into this deadly snake pit. She has no idea how much she is hated, and how powerful and deadly these sweet-smiling women can be. It's a beautiful film, but also terrifying. This man who they all vied for, he was a cruel, heartless monster.
It’s very common with anyone who had power Easterners or Westerners, old or modern society. Many Chinese emperors had many wives and concubines like 3,000 of them, some women had never been touched by them. And the women plotted against each other to have the man, they ended up killed each other, they even killed their own kids then blamed others. How brutal their secret society?. Western society, there’s king Henry the eighth of England who had many wives then executed them.
First wife’s status and authority in the family are secured by her son, the only heir to the family fortune/estate. Therefore, first wife is the spectator of the power struggle and schemes among the concubines.
We are very fortunate to watch this Oscar nominated Zhang Yimou’film . We learn about old China family history where successful men can have as any wives as thy wishes to be his era of Modern world still exist …Drama started in the last 10 mins ending whereby she were told story of death’s house stood still meaning things can happened with secret from her outside. What happened in the master house stay within the house. Chilling study of mistreatment and manslaughter’s of infidelity do occurred, imagine the master’s calling every evening #2, #3 & #4 respectively by raising the Lanterns also known as the “ RED LIGHT SYNDROME “🎉😂❤ Awesome Zhang & Talented Gong Li. ( my idol ）
I watched this movie years ago, when I was 20. Finding this today is so touching for me because I had the opportunity to travel around Asia and todoy this is even more meaningful to me. Beauty made into a movie!!
I was Songlian's age when I watched it for the first time, now I'm Zhuoyun's age, and it definitely feels different. While Zhuoyun is a despicable character, I still think young woman have no clue how it feels when your fertility is being phased out.
Gong LI has always been one of my favorite actress ever since I first saw her in Farewell My Concubine, Red Sorghum, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and the Curse of the Golden Chrysanthemum to name a few.
Terrific but ultimately tragic tale of mischievous mistresses stuck in a compound of doom. Beautifully shot, directed, performed and scripted. I was not familiar with Zhang's earlier work having come to him when Hero and House...came out but thought i would check this out. I'm glad i did. Thank you for sharing it.
Saw this on the big screen in all its' technicolor glory. I love this movie even when/if it's on TH-cam I read every comment. It is heartening to see so many others also love this motion picture too. It takes a REAL movie lover to love this movie. Anybody got a hint on why you hardly ever see the sky and the horizon only once? (That is a rhetorical question only) food for thought
Those were Songlian's clothes she wore when she was still a university student. Because she tried to fake a pregnancy, her husband no longer chooses to spend the night with her, and being ostracized and ignored is all too often a fate worse than death.
No she is fooling others to escape from being killed by master but also get his attention for survival. She is too smart though she don't hold power but she know what it takes to protect yourself. No lantern equal to no luxury no service and no servant to serve meal and domestic chores then no survival. If she is so smart that she can fool other murders people that 3 rd mistress is appear as ghost then there is reason that why she will turn into mad. She is not crazy but saving herself from crazy people especially Master who is most craziest but calculative and powerful and super rich who can provide under his order as 4th wife is not his favourite but she witness them as criminal can harm his reputation in society and he should concerned . So she is being prisoner under his order and she act as mad under Criminal crazy cruel and cunning master.
I have loved this movie since I saw it in HS in the late 90's. I read the short story book which inspired it and absolutely adore the soundtrack! THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD
This movie while sad was a great movie, it has subtitles which I'm cool with. It reminded me of the book by Pearl S. Buck called The Good Earth, a classic great book, but historically also just as informative.
I know right and in that movie she played a Japanese character named Hatsumomo and the 2 people who worked on the music in this movie named Naoki Tachikawa and Toshiyuki Honda are Japanese as well.
@@andrewcolinwilson1 ~ Oh my. Right now in China ...ANYTHING foreign or ..Japanese especially ...are shunned. l hope Gong Lee is okay if she is still living China. lts bad there ...especially now. :(
@@theresa42213……😂are you insane. She’s beloved by Chinese people. Once she was invited by Ann Lee to be the judge of a Taiwanese film festival. When a Taiwanese actress on the stage gave a political controversial statement, Gong became so angry and refused to go up to stage 😅
@@theresa42213……😂are you insane. She’s beloved by Chinese people. Once she was invited by Ann Lee to be the judge of a Taiwanese film festival. When a Taiwanese actress on the stage gave a political controversial statement, Gong became so angry and refused to go up to stage 😅
I remember when I was a newborn in the 1990s and my mother played this on hbo max on the tv screen I’m the hospital when I was born. She hoped that I would osmosis learn Chinese for the sake of this movie. nonetheless, it is clear that her efforts were not in vain, as now I can speak both modern and traditional Chinese at the highest level. Despite being the Indian , many people in china are amazed of my Chinese and ask if I was born in China. I truly appreciate this movie and all it stands for, such as women empowerment in the 20th century. Wo ai ni raise the red lantern. 🖥️💍🖊️🤴👑✨🎭📞
Gong Li what a magnificent actor! Impressive classic movie depicting a cultural peek into Eastern polygamy and it’s horrific subjugation belief system that diminished women to commodity without compunction. Such patriarchy rooted in ubiquitous abuse of other human beings. It’s a shameful history
@@syz2868 Yes I know it's Japanese. But didn't know it was made in Hollywood. Thanks for correcting, anyway. Should have wrote, my favorite Japanese and Chinese movies.
Two of my favorite films of hers is Memoirs of a Geisha where she plays a Japanese character named Hatsumomo and the live action remake of Disney's Mulan where she plays a witch who knows Mulan is pretending to be a man and joining the army and she also plays a Japanese character named Lady Murasaki in Hannibal Rising which I haven't seen.
How depressing. So glad most women in the West can escape such a fate. I just found out my own Chinese grandmother opened a school for young girls before she got married. Then her family arranged a marriage for her, and she gave up her career. Luckily, she encouraged her daughters to go to school and did not allow their feet to be bound. That was not too long ago, just two generations...! I thank God everyday.
@@paecpc Chinese women couldn't go to school and baby girls were killed because they were not boys. This happened just a few generations ago. That's probably why Chinese people could relate to this movie. It is not for fun or for Westerners to make fun of.
That’s wonderful. I have a Chinese surname from my father’s side of the family. My surname is either Chinese or German and I don’t have any confirmed German ancestry in me. Having Chinese lineage is awesome since its history goes back over 5 millennia plus my friend is Chinese with Hunanese ethnicity living in Changde. I love Chinese food culture and its history. Which province do your people come from?
thank you for this. i remember i first watched it in the 1990s!!! i have since gone on to watch FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE AND RED SORGHUM. Excellent. thanks so much
There are two women who might be having romantic feelings for somebody: Meishan, when it comes to Dr. Gao, and Yan'er, when it comes to Master Chen. In the book, Songlian is also in love with Feipu.
I didn't dislike the movie, but I think it is tame compared to newer media that portrays the same ideas in a better way. For its time I'm sure it was great.
I first watched this movie in my China of the 19th and 20th century class in college more than 20 years ago. A beautifully tragic tale of the life of concubines. It’s a wonderful movie. Watching it again, I still remember watching it a few months after I graduated with a friend and trying my best to explain to her what the film was about. I still really love this movie. Thank you so much for posting it here. 25:54
@@frostypanda2295 Yeah I know that (although I don't think it was a "sin" under the circumstances). I was thinking of it from the perspective of Fifth Mistress, the new concubine.
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will you be uploading any other zhang yimou movies? i have been looking for things like 'to live' but cant find it anywhere. also stuff like the blue kite? anyway thanks for this i love the film
*Far too few ads..!* ...too loud and too fast action, it's impossible to watch..!!!
Please dubbed this movie in hindi
The oscar was given to Mediterraneo that year. Raise the Red Lantern would have deserved it better.
Thank you! Liked and subbed! Thanks for the upload, one of my favorite movies ever.
Zhang Yimou is a great story teller! Notice he never showed the face of the husband/master in the entire film! Definitely one of his best works ever!
Director want to show that every powerful man is faceless but cruel to make other life enough misreable to live.
That moment at @56:52 when she meets the Master's young handsome son. Who, in a fair world, she would be with. Wow.
And that moment at @57:53 when they both turn and look back at each other 😮
@@philip_hees In the novel it was shown more how they both had feelings for each other
58:09 The way she just stood there is just so sad.
@@cosmari245 And he's in a relationship with his flute teacher -- the book's narrative still suggests that Feipu is not gay but simply afraid of women. One might wonder if the Cultural Revolution had not put an end to such tribal anarchy, Feipu would have ended up like his father, or if he would have changed some things.
The master's son is Songlian's age.
I saw this movie when it first came out! I think it was the early 90s. Since then, I’ve seen it 3 times in movie theatres, and watched it at least twice online with friends. I can simply watch it again and again. 30 years ago, I didn’t know a single word of Chinese and never imagined I’d ever learn Chinese. Now, I’m at lower intermediate level, nowhere enough to fully understand the dialogues in the movie. But now I find the whole movie even more intriguing to watch because I can appreciate the acting and delivery even more! I can say confidently that this is one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces ever made.
Thirty years ago, this film was our introduction to Zhang Yimou and Li Gong. It became an instant classic,. Went to check out the director's rich œuvre, touching stories with indelible images, but _Raise the Red Lantern_ is still their best collaborative effort, an unforgettable masterpiece. Thank you for sharing this in such high quality!
P. S. Zhang Yimou's 70th birthday is up on Sunday, Nov 14th.
Almost a year now:)
Love these Chinese era movies , dynasties time historical …..interesting custom , especially beautiful embroidery costumes, hair ornaments.
1:53:40 when she screams murderers is one of the most poweful moment in the film. The pain and horror in her voice. The understanding thay such an agreggious wrong has been done to a fellow woman. I have thought about this for months since I first saw this film.
The Master moves from mistress to mistress every night. Meanwhile, a woman does the same and gets killed for it.
@@grammarx I think the main reason women caught in adultery were almost always more severely punished than men who were caught engaging in forbidden sexual behavior is that men were terrified of the idea that they might end up raising another man's child as their own. -- What is interesting is that, technically, during the time the movie is set (Warlord Era), polygamy was no longer legally recognized. It was not illegal to keep concubines, though, and men like Chen simply kept a harem of concubines instead to carry on the family tradition. This means that Yan'er's dream world in which she was one of Chen's wives wasn't that different from his own distortion of reality at all.
Whatever happened to the 3rd mistress's son?
@@emiliasidorow1535 Unless the master had reason to believe that it wasn't his, he'd probably be taken away to be raised by distant relatives and kept as a "spare". I think that's what would have happened because it is hinted that the affair between Meishan and Dr. Gao was a recent development and that Meishan got pregnant soon after her marriage to the master.
A masterpiece. The first Chinese film I ever saw. I fell in love with Gong Li, all things Chinese and learned that happy endings are not very realistic.
Real bro real
This beautifully filmed but tragic story profoundly impressed me so many years ago when I first saw it. I hope others will appreciate it as much as I did. It gives us a tiny peek into the old customs that weighed so heavily upon women, and which, tragically, continue to do so even these days in certain unenlightened regions where women are less valued than livestock.
the cinematography was my favourite part, especially how the giant house was always framing the characters, always putting them in rectangles and square-like shapes, making them seem small and irrelevant. also the shots on the roof were mesmerizing. the colours, the silence and stillnes, the costumes, everything. i watched a beautifully made and very thoughtful film analysis on this one made by Just One More Thing here on TH-cam. I highly recommend it, it's how I got hooked on this movie. thank you for the upload!
I remember I was sick and stayed home from school in 1993 and I watched this movie on HBO. even as a child I was like wow this was a great movie! It has stayed with me for almost 30 years! What great story telling and beautifully filmed! Thank you for posting it ❤
Her father allowed her to be educated even though it was only meant for boys to be educated during those times and because he has died, his new wife states they cannot provide her the money to keep going to school so she must wed and become a concubine to a man whose only interests are self serving and male centered: even his sons, fond as he is of them, bend to his will. The happy wedding music that plays betrays the tears she shed over not choosing her own fate.
Harrowing. Thanks God Chinese women have been free since 1949. Thank you for posting this masterwork.
People are never free until they are free within. Man's solutions just change the nature and location of the disease. Now the government officials can have their mistresses. When I was in university (not in China), sometimes the female students would sleep with a professor to get good grades. People crave power and security, and they will obtain it however they can.
I remember my sister & I rented this movie one night years & years ago and itbwas one of those cozy stay in cooking & watching foreign film nights! This movie stood out in my memory! Gong Li was/is just a magnificent looking woman and so talented as an actress.
I saw this movie "Raise the Red lantern" with Gong Li and others years ago . A very good, well-acted movie. I always loved Gong Li and this performance was Oscar worthy from her I thought. Thanks for the upload.
Brilliant movie, it's a masterpiece. I remember we watched it in Chinese class in high school about 20 years ago and didn't care much for it at the time (I didn't like school in general) but seeing it from a different perspective now, I can appreciate it so much more. Now that I have a) grown up; b) learned Chinese for the last five years and able to understand most of the movie now regardless of subtitles; c) fallen in love with China since learning Chinese and going to China; d) watched many Chinese movies and series and understand the cultural and historical context better - it's made a big difference compared to being an immature 14 year old.
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I watched it in an Indian classroom for gender studies course . It's a Brilliant film .
Watched a number of times, glad I was able to find it again, so thank you for posting! Diverse, intelligent women living cloistered, ridgid lives, pitted against each other. Beautifully filmed, superbly acted!
@@sangeetaroy9928 what kind of sick mind would devote its time to something this dumb lmafo "gender studies" try to find a job now ahah
Still in China?
何賽飛は越劇(伝統的な地方劇)の有名な女優さん。
ラジオやレコードでよく唄を聴きました。
声に負けないくらい綺麗な人で驚いた覚えが。
コン・リーが山口百恵っぽくてとても好きだった。
upありがとう👍
なんとも迫力のある映画で何度も観たなあ。
Absolutely fascinating. I watched this film because I stumbled upon a video titled 'when the director understands sound', and I'm glad I did. Everything about this film is great. The messages and social commentary aspect aside, this is a beautiful film. The colors, the direction, the acting, the dialogues, and the sound of course -- everything is incredible. The color scheme reminds me a little bit of 'In The Mood For Love'
I saw this at the Johannesburg Film Festival when it first released. I have always remembered it, and a yt history short about Chinese emperors and their wives and concubines brought it to mind. A quick search and I was thrilled to find it... and stayed up much too late to watch this tour de force of cinema. A masterpiece in so many ways. Thank you for sharing it here.
One of my most favorite and treasured films. Criterion needs to do a release!
What a masterpiece! From the first time I saw this film, I’ve longed to see it time and again and every time I see it, I’m again spellbound.
That was absolutely insane start to finish. Great film, but oh my god.
Yes it is insane These poor ladies especially meishan and Songlian are objects of jealousy and hatred all that for a selfish man who doesnt care about them or just to satisfy his needs and have a son pff .How sad ! What a life. Better be dead than live like that..its not a happy life even in a golden palace with advantages..Fascinating movie though but the end is creepy..
@@Severine-h4o It is insane...and yet Master Chen may have seen himself as a benefactor to those women. Life during the Warlord Era was rough and girls and women were regularly kidnapped, raped and sold into brothels. He probably thought that he was providing these women with a safe haven and a good life as long as they stuck by the rules. His rules, of course. He is completely oblivious when it comes to the fact that women have social needs, too. Why can't she stay in her own house, he wonders when he learns that Songlian is in Meishan's house, playing mahjong. How would he feel if someone expected him stay in the same one-bedroom house 24/7?
One of the best by zhang Yimou as director...Gong Li at her best...Historically, this is deep in China culture
Spoilers. A profound and thought-provoking movie. The first wife must have been his young bride when he was a young man. They must have been so in love when they were young together. Now she is old and he never comes to see her. She bore him a son, and she has her own separate life. She makes the most of a bad situation. The second one, younger, and apparently so cute: a "face like a Buddha". She was smiling, happy laughing, and younger. Who can compete with that? And she became the new queen of the house. Then came wife #3. Buy the time he married her, he had enough money to afford an actress, a celebrity. More than pretty, she was younger still, glamorous, cultured, talented. She had beautiful clothes and beautiful make-up. She could sing and dance. #1 and #2 could not compete with that. But then he eventually got tired of her too. He wanted something else "new and different", so he got our heroine: #4, who was young and educated. #1, #2, and #3 could not compete with new youth and education. The plain maid-servant: hoping one day that the master would "love" her, or at least elevate her out of being a servant. But why should he marry her when he can just HAVE her. He technically already owns here. When she was taken away, he said, "make sure she gets the best care. We don't want people thinking that we don't take care of our servants". He did not care one iota about her life. He only cared about what people thought of him. When number #3 cheated, here was the chance for #2 to get revenge for being replaced. She knew who held the power and ran to #1, who was happy to have one of these competitors killed. At the end, they bring in child: #5, into this deadly snake pit. She has no idea how much she is hated, and how powerful and deadly these sweet-smiling women can be. It's a beautiful film, but also terrifying. This man who they all vied for, he was a cruel, heartless monster.
He wasn't even a man. The most we got of his face was a glimpse of his moustache and that was it.
It’s very common with anyone who had power Easterners or Westerners, old or modern society. Many Chinese emperors had many wives and concubines like 3,000 of them, some women had never been touched by them. And the women plotted against each other to have the man, they ended up killed each other, they even killed their own kids then blamed others. How brutal their secret society?. Western society, there’s king Henry the eighth of England who had many wives then executed them.
First wife’s status and authority in the family are secured by her son, the only heir to the family fortune/estate. Therefore, first wife is the spectator of the power struggle and schemes among the concubines.
Whole heartedly agree
@@AnnaLuchia crab bucket mentality
We are very fortunate to watch this Oscar nominated Zhang Yimou’film . We learn about old China family history where successful men can have as any wives as thy wishes to be his era of Modern world still exist …Drama started in the last 10 mins ending whereby she were told story of death’s house stood still meaning things can happened with secret from her outside. What happened in the master house stay within the house. Chilling study of mistreatment and manslaughter’s of infidelity do occurred, imagine the master’s calling every evening #2, #3 & #4 respectively by raising the Lanterns also known as the “ RED LIGHT SYNDROME “🎉😂❤ Awesome Zhang & Talented Gong Li. ( my idol ）
Such a deep message.
To be smart and call out the evil or just keep head down and follow the sheeps and accept the faith...
Accept their fate or their faiths?
I watched this movie years ago, when I was 20. Finding this today is so touching for me because I had the opportunity to travel around Asia and todoy this is even more meaningful to me. Beauty made into a movie!!
Watching it again now in my 50s, I understood more nuances, thanks for uploading.
I was Songlian's age when I watched it for the first time, now I'm Zhuoyun's age, and it definitely feels different. While Zhuoyun is a despicable character, I still think young woman have no clue how it feels when your fertility is being phased out.
A true masterpiece, all human feelings are depicted there, thanks for uploading.
if you play well, you can fool others, if you play bad you only fool yourself!
This is one of the best films I have ever seen!
Gong LI has always been one of my favorite actress ever since I first saw her in Farewell My Concubine, Red Sorghum, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and the Curse of the Golden Chrysanthemum to name a few.
Elle n’a jamais joué dans tigre et dragons
Terrific but ultimately tragic tale of mischievous mistresses stuck in a compound of doom. Beautifully shot, directed, performed and scripted. I was not familiar with Zhang's earlier work having come to him when Hero and House...came out but thought i would check this out. I'm glad i did. Thank you for sharing it.
やはり 名作だ。
誰ひとりと幸せになれず、負の連鎖が続く。
悲しすぎる😢😢😢
This film remains one of my international faves. I have now seen it like 3 times because of school lol.
Watched this long time ago and have a feeling of deja vu and now I watch it again and still I have the same feeling....this is one brilliant movie 😻😍
So surprised to see this here. It has always been one of my favorite movies, foreign or not.
Saw this on the big screen in all its' technicolor glory. I love this movie even when/if it's on TH-cam
I read every comment. It is heartening to see so many others also love this motion picture too. It takes a REAL movie lover to love this movie.
Anybody got a hint on why you hardly ever see the sky and the horizon only once? (That is a rhetorical question only) food for thought
I watched this movie many years ago and no wonder it was nominated in the Oscar. With this movie I learned a little bit culture of the chinese.
I enjoyed so much this movie. Gong Li is my favorite Chinese actress. Zhang Yi Mao is a great story teller. Oscar nominated. 👍👍👍❤❤❤
I love the third mistress she kept it real till her fate got her caught up
Yeah because she cheated on the Master with Dr. Gao.
I love the dinner table part, when 3rd mistress orders pork steamed leaves.
The Best of Yimou Zhang's movie! Thank you for posting it, and I enjoyed it very much 😀 Everyone was matching their own character 👍
Notice Songlian is dressed like a schoolgirl again at the end. Poor thing.
Those were Songlian's clothes she wore when she was still a university student.
Because she tried to fake a pregnancy, her husband no longer chooses to spend the night with her, and being ostracized and ignored is all too often a fate worse than death.
No she is fooling others to escape from being killed by master but also get his attention for survival. She is too smart though she don't hold power but she know what it takes to protect yourself. No lantern equal to no luxury no service and no servant to serve meal and domestic chores then no survival. If she is so smart that she can fool other murders people that 3 rd mistress is appear as ghost then there is reason that why she will turn into mad. She is not crazy but saving herself from crazy people especially Master who is most craziest but calculative and powerful and super rich who can provide under his order as 4th wife is not his favourite but she witness them as criminal can harm his reputation in society and he should concerned . So she is being prisoner under his order and she act as mad under Criminal crazy cruel and cunning master.
I have loved this movie since I saw it in HS in the late 90's. I read the short story book which inspired it and absolutely adore the soundtrack!
THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD
This movie while sad was a great movie, it has subtitles which I'm cool with. It reminded me of the book by Pearl S. Buck called The Good Earth, a classic great book, but historically also just as informative.
l will never forget this movie. The actress was also in 'Memoirs of a Geisha.'
Gong Li😊 is very talented. Like in Memoirs of a Geisha, Gong Li can withhold her tears and hold them. Quite extraordinary.
I know right and in that movie she played a Japanese character named Hatsumomo and the 2 people who worked on the music in this movie named Naoki Tachikawa and Toshiyuki Honda are Japanese as well.
@@andrewcolinwilson1 ~ Oh my. Right now in China ...ANYTHING foreign or ..Japanese especially ...are shunned. l hope Gong Lee is okay if she is still living China. lts bad there ...especially now. :(
@@theresa42213……😂are you insane. She’s beloved by Chinese people. Once she was invited by Ann Lee to be the judge of a Taiwanese film festival. When a Taiwanese actress on the stage gave a political controversial statement, Gong became so angry and refused to go up to stage 😅
@@theresa42213……😂are you insane. She’s beloved by Chinese people. Once she was invited by Ann Lee to be the judge of a Taiwanese film festival. When a Taiwanese actress on the stage gave a political controversial statement, Gong became so angry and refused to go up to stage 😅
Thank you for posting this movie, directed by the genius film maker Zhang Yimou. I love his films and have seen quite a few of them.
This has always been one of my favorite movies, foreign or not. Thanks so much. S
Please upload more Gong Li movies
I am a big fan
thank you for this movie
One of the best films of the 1990s.
To me the scene and the music at 56:10 is the most memorable , it reminded me of my time in China
I remember when I was a newborn in the 1990s and my mother played this on hbo max on the tv screen I’m the hospital when I was born. She hoped that I would osmosis learn Chinese for the sake of this movie. nonetheless, it is clear that her efforts were not in vain, as now I can speak both modern and traditional Chinese at the highest level. Despite being the Indian , many people in china are amazed of my Chinese and ask if I was born in China. I truly appreciate this movie and all it stands for, such as women empowerment in the 20th century. Wo ai ni raise the red lantern. 🖥️💍🖊️🤴👑✨🎭📞
I recall renting this movie on VHS, and later on CD! I was totally captivated by Gong Li!!😍🦋❤⚘🔥🙏 She had become quite an international sensation!🏮
One of my all-time favorites. Thank you!
I watched it for my essay and composition class at the university 30 years ago in Texas. Introduced me to so much although, there were no subtitles.
Enjoyed the movie, I wasn't expecting the ending to be as such. Thank you for sharing from Aotearoa [NZ]
Wonderful film. Gong Li is magnificent as Zhang Yimou's muse.
Nice movie,but very sad
Thank you for charing
This is the greatest film ever made
The most beautiful film I have ever seen. Lives on in memory, too!
Gong Li what a magnificent actor! Impressive classic movie depicting a cultural peek into Eastern polygamy and it’s horrific subjugation belief system that diminished women to commodity without compunction. Such patriarchy rooted in ubiquitous abuse of other human beings. It’s a shameful history
Really like this movie, had already seen it. This movie, "Memoirs of a Geisha" and the movie "To live" are my favorite Chinese movies.
Memoirs of a geisha is a Hollywood film, and geisha is a Japanese thing.
@@syz2868 Yes I know it's Japanese. But didn't know it was made in Hollywood. Thanks for correcting, anyway. Should have wrote, my favorite Japanese and Chinese movies.
Well made movie, grim life for women in that period, I can appreciate its qaulity and performance, l will have moral nightmares for week now
Thank you for providing the highest quality of International Cinema.
I sincerely love you for providing all these amazing films from the East 💕❤
One of the best films ever!Thank you!
As a female. This film have given me some thought.
พึ่งรู้ว่าดอกส้มสีทองมีที่มาจากเรื่องนี้ เป็นหนังที่สวยงามมาก ภาพสวย ดนตรีงาม แสดงเยี่ยม เรียบง่าย แต่ดูแพง
Love this movie 😍
Gong Li is one of my favorite Chinese actresses. We were all concerned when for several month she was missing in action.
Two of my favorite films of hers is Memoirs of a Geisha where she plays a Japanese character named Hatsumomo and the live action remake of Disney's Mulan where she plays a witch who knows Mulan is pretending to be a man and joining the army and she also plays a Japanese character named Lady Murasaki in Hannibal Rising which I haven't seen.
Why would Gong Li go missing?
How depressing. So glad most women in the West can escape such a fate. I just found out my own Chinese grandmother opened a school for young girls before she got married. Then her family arranged a marriage for her, and she gave up her career. Luckily, she encouraged her daughters to go to school and did not allow their feet to be bound. That was not too long ago, just two generations...! I thank God everyday.
Come on, it’s just a movie, hilarious!!
@@paecpc Chinese women couldn't go to school and baby girls were killed because they were not boys. This happened just a few generations ago. That's probably why Chinese people could relate to this movie. It is not for fun or for Westerners to make fun of.
@@ThePecunious Thank you. There's nothing funny about this movie or her comment (the OP).
That’s wonderful. I have a Chinese surname from my father’s side of the family. My surname is either Chinese or German and I don’t have any confirmed German ancestry in me. Having Chinese lineage is awesome since its history goes back over 5 millennia plus my friend is Chinese with Hunanese ethnicity living in Changde. I love Chinese food culture and its history. Which province do your people come from?
@@paecpcmovies are meant to be dissected
thank you for this. i remember i first watched it in the 1990s!!! i have since gone on to watch FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE AND RED SORGHUM. Excellent. thanks so much
Thanks for the info, I'll try and check those out too
Thank you for making this available for everyone!
Everyone watching these old movies on TH-cam have all seen them decades before. Young people don’t seem to even know these exist.
We do!!!!! We're here
Gong Li is so good. Subtle roles like this are so difficult to play.
Thankyou for everyone making this movie but it is tooooo disturb me I can't control my tears ❤❤ music is one of reason attac my Brin
I injoy the movie.just that my heart hurt she didnt fine happiness and didnt have a child he never went back to her😢😭
Thank you for this movie. It's fantastic. I love Chinese movies. Thank you for the English subs.✌❤
Beautiful movie--TY
Excellent movie. So many memorable lines. Thank you for sharing.
my favourite director and actress gongli,,,,,,,,,,
Saw this on HBO. It has always stuck in my mind. Thank you.
Ce film est trop beau 🥰 magnifique 💕 Gong Li est une grande actrice et belle
What a masterpiece in every aspect!
Oscarized movie, will never forget it. Thanks.
LOVE this movie! Wonderful performances.
This is a masterpiece.
I can’t watch this with so many adverts and also a constant adverts showing at the base cutting into the the movie frame. Better to buy the dvd.
Love the movie. Thank you very much. We also have this in Thai version, Mongkut Doksom ( A Crown from Orange Flower). It's a TV drama.
The title is misleading. There is no romance whatsoever. Overall its a great movie
There are two women who might be having romantic feelings for somebody: Meishan, when it comes to Dr. Gao, and Yan'er, when it comes to Master Chen. In the book, Songlian is also in love with Feipu.
Absolutely brillian, thank you.
I didn't dislike the movie, but I think it is tame compared to newer media that portrays the same ideas in a better way. For its time I'm sure it was great.
I love this movie so much. 5 time im watching until now
Amo questo film ❤ e le musiche specialmente
I bought the disc so I can always revisit the art of this firm.
I typed film not firm. Just viewed my German version in the Glamper. What a great flick! Frantic soundtrack, I’m dancing to this.
This movie is in my top 5 , thank you for uploading!
I first watched this movie in my China of the 19th and 20th century class in college more than 20 years ago. A beautifully tragic tale of the life of concubines. It’s a wonderful movie. Watching it again, I still remember watching it a few months after I graduated with a friend and trying my best to explain to her what the film was about. I still really love this movie. Thank you so much for posting it here. 25:54
Beautiful Sad and Well Made movie
Still ..whole systems and societies are same as this house
Such a wonderful story
This is a good movie. Well worth watching.
The ending is so eerie. What must the fifth mistress be thinking? "Fourth mistress has gone mad and where is third mistress?'
Dead third mistress was killed for her sin for havibg an affair with dr gao
@@frostypanda2295 Yeah I know that (although I don't think it was a "sin" under the circumstances). I was thinking of it from the perspective of Fifth Mistress, the new concubine.
she has been killed
@@鶴唳華亭-z Yes I knew that.
3rd mistress was walled into the tower, basically buried alive.