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The Herdsman (1982)
Directed by Xie Jin
Drama, Romance · 1h 43m
In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future.
Cast
Xie Jin
Zhu Shimao
Cong Shan
Liu Qiong
Niu Ben
Qi Mengshi
Chen Xiaoyi
Yu Guichun
Chao Fang
Ziyue Zhao
Crew
- Director
- Xie Jin
- Novel
- Zhang Xianliang
Details
- Original title
- 牧马人
- Release date
- 1982-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China
- Production
- Shanghai Film Studio