Dragon Seed
MGM/UA (1944)
Drama, History, War
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IMDB   6.2
2 hr 25 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Katharine Hepburn Jade
Walter Huston Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon Ling Tan's wife
Akim Tamiroff Wu Lien
Turhan Bey Lao Er / Second Born Son
Hurd Hatfield Lao San / Third Born Son
J. Carrol Naish Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers Third Cousin
Robert Bice Lao Ta / First Born Son
Philip Ahn Leader of City People
Albert Baldo Japanese Soldier
Lionel Barrymore Narrator
Abner Biberman Captain Yasuda
Paul E. Burns Neighbor Shen
Anna Demetrio Wu Sao
Jacqueline deWit Wu Lien's Wife
Robert Lewis Captain Sato
Clarence Lung Fourth Cousin
Director
Jack Conway
Harold S. Bucquet
Producer Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S Berman
Writer Marguerite Roberts
Pearl S. Buck

Directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, this 1944 film adaptation of Pearl Buck's novel, about a Chinese village invaded by Japanese soldiers, stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon (an Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actress for her role), Agnes Moorehead, Turhan Bey, J. Carrol Naish, Hurd Hatfield, Frances Rafferty, Henry Travers and Akim Tamiroff.
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