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Director:
Writers:
Yuan Bin Chen (writer of the the novella on which the film is based, "The Wan Family's Lawsuit")
Heng Liu (writer)
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Release Date:
16 April 1993 (USA) more
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Plot:
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice... more | add synopsis
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12 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
The Reason for Qiu Ju's Determination more (21 total)

Cast

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Li Gong ... Qiu Ju
Peiqi Liu ... Wan Qinglai, chili farmer
Liuchun Yang ... Meizi, Qinglai's sister
Kesheng Lei ... Wang Shantang, village chief
Zhijun Ge ... Officer Li
Wanqing Zhu
Luowen Cui
Huiqin Yang
Jianfa Wang
Zi Lin
Jun Ye
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Also Known As:
Qiu Ju Goes to Court
The Story of Qiu Ju
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Runtime:
Spain:100 min | UK:100 min | USA:101 min (video version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Quotes:
Lawyer Wu: [subtitles] Qiu Ju, in civil and administrative lawsuits, the defendants aren't necessarily bad people.
Qiu Ju: Do good people sue each other?
Lawyer Wu: Of course!
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Referenced in Yi ge dou bu neng shao (1999) more

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The Reason for Qiu Ju's Determination, 18 September 2007
8/10
Author: mybiglarch from Edmonton, Canada

When her husband insults a neighbor and is nearly 'emasculated', a peasant woman goes to great lengths to secure justice. Many people in the West may not understand why this woman is so determined to right such a 'minor' wrong. In Chinese culture, an assault on another man's "honor" is not viewed as a 'minor' thing; having children is very important and carries a greater social significance than it does in the West. It is expected of every man, and having a son, especially, to work in the fields for the good of the family and carry on the family name, has been worshipped as a Confucian ethic for centuries. China is still very much a paternalistic society (despite Communist reform),and the 'one child' policy has only reinforced the old Chinese adage that "if you bear a girl,bear a beautiful one, if you bear a son, bear an intelligent one." So understandably,from the viewpoint of Qiu Ju,not only does her husband suffer but her entire family name and honor suffers too, when the man is attacked in a 'sacred place', his gonads. The village chief, the fellow who delivered the disabling kick,has also been dishonored by the husband's insult about "having hens" and not boys. By kicking the offending man in the balls, the village chief wanted to save his face, hence the stalemate. But for Qiu Ju, and certainly in Chinese eyes, the greater wrong is the assault on her husband's reproductive organs. A delightful movie, so well acted with quite a few funny moments surrounding a serious issue. Zhang Yimou is one fine director.

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