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Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed1944

★6.8148 minDrama

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.

Director

Jack Conway Harold S. Bucquet

Writer

Marguerite Roberts Jane Murfin

Score

Herbert Stothart

Stars

Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Aline MacMahon

Cast30

Katharine Hepburn
as Jade Tan
Walter Huston
as Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon
as Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff
as Wu Lien
Turhan Bey
as Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield
as Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead
as Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers
as Third Cousin
Robert Bice
as Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis
as Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty
as Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit
as Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung
as Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns
as Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio
as Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
as Leader of City People (uncredited)
Benson Fong
as Sudent (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
as Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
as Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)
Victor Wong
as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jay Novello
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
R
Richard Wang
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Japanese Guard (uncredited)
S
Spencer Chan
as Farmer (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
as Villager (uncredited)

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