Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

The Wedding Night

Songlian (Gong Li) meets her new husband, who insists on keeping the lanterns lit when he gets into bed with her.

Directed by Yimou Zhang.

© MGM 2013

Released in 1991 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Wife
  • character-type: Husband
  • action: Undress
  • action: Argue
  • editors-choice: Politically Incorrect Moments
  • editors-choice: Awkward Moments
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • primary-genre: Foreign
  • secondary-genre: Mandarin Language
  • secondary-genre: China
  • secondary-genre: Foreign Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Foreign
  • mood: Controversial
  • primary-occasion: Wedding / Engagement
  • secondary-occasion: Honeymoon
  • prop: Bed
  • prop: Lantern
  • setting: Bedroom
  • setting: China
  • theme: Sex / Sensuality
  • theme: Gender
  • theme: Control
  • theme: Power
  • actor: Jingwu Ma
  • actor: Li Gong
  • director: Yimou Zhang
  • producer: Fu-Sheng Chiu
  • producer: Hsiao-hsien Hou
  • producer: Wenze Zhang
  • cinematographer: Lun Yang
  • cinematographer: Fei Zhao
  • composer: Jiping Zhao
  • composer: Naoki Tachikawa
  • editor: Yuan Du
  • costume-designer: Huamiao Tong
  • role-name: Songlian
  • role-name: The Master
  • screenwriter: Su Tong
  • year: 1991
  • studio: MGM

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