Movie Details
Original Language:Chinese
Production Companies:Beijing Film Studio
Cast & Crew
Z
Zhongping Zhang
Director of Photography
Y
Ye Zou
Original Music Composer
Rice
Audience Score
1 hr 50 minDrama
Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quickly, eventually climbing to the position of boss by marrying the daughter of the house.
