Dragon Seed (film)

Dragon Seed
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Based onDragon Seed
1942 novel
by Pearl S. Buck
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographySidney Wagner
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Music byHerbert Stothart
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • July 20, 1944 (1944-07-20)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[1]
Box office$4.6 million[1]

Dragon Seed is a 1944 American war drama film, about Japan's WWII-era actions in China.The movie directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, and Turhan Bey. It portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but the headstrong Jade (Hepburn) stands up to the Japanese.

Aline MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.