The Herdsman
7.5
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.
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Xie Jin
导演
Zhu Shimao
许灵均
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Xie Jin Director · Zhang Xianliang Author
First release January 1, 1982 · Produced in China · Original title 牧马人
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Shanghai Film Studio
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China
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Original title
牧马人
Original language
Chinese
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Chinese
Release dates
China · January 1, 1982
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March 1, 1986 · Theatrical
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