Dragon Seed
M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel
1944 | 145m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet |
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| Writer: | Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts, Pearl S. Buck |
| Staring: |
| The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 20, 1944 |
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| Director: | Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet |
| Writer: | Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts, Pearl S. Buck |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | china, based on novel or book, japanese occupation of china |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,627,000
Budget: $3,070,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Katharine Hepburn | Jade Tan |
| Walter Huston | Ling Tan |
| Aline MacMahon | Ling Tan's Wife |
| Akim Tamiroff | Wu Lien |
| Turhan Bey | Lao Er Tan - Middle Son |
| Hurd Hatfield | Lao San Tan - Youngest Son |
| J. Carrol Naish | Japanese Kitchen Overseer |
| Agnes Moorehead | Third Cousin's Wife |
| Henry Travers | Third Cousin |
| Robert Bice | Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son |
| Robert Lewis | Captain Sato |
| Frances Rafferty | Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife |
| Jacqueline deWit | Wu Lien's Wife |
| Clarence Lung | Fourth Cousin |
| Paul E. Burns | Shen - Neighbor |
| Anna Demetrio | Wu Sao |
| Lionel Barrymore | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Claire Du Brey | Hysterical Woman (uncredited) |
| Philip Ahn | Leader of City People (uncredited) |
| Benson Fong | Sudent (uncredited) |
| Leonard Mudie | Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited) |
| Abner Biberman | Capt. Yasuda (uncredited) |
| Ted Hecht | Maj. Yohagi (uncredited) |
| Victor Wong | Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
| Al Hill | Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
| Jay Novello | Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Richard Wang | Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Philip Van Zandt | Japanese Guard (uncredited) |
| Spencer Chan | Farmer (uncredited) |
| Teru Shimada | Villager (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Conway | Director |
| Jane Murfin | Writer |
| Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Harold S. Bucquet | Director |
| Marguerite Roberts | Writer |
| Pearl S. Buck | Novel |
| Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Harold F. Kress | Editor |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
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| Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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