Dragon Seed

M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel

Duration: 148 min

Release date: 1944-07-20

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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.

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

as Ling Tan's Wife

as Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

as Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

as Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

as Third Cousin's Wife

as Third Cousin

as Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

as Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty

Frances Rafferty

as Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

as Wu Lien's Wife

as Fourth Cousin

as Shen - Neighbor

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

as Leader of City People (uncredited)

as Sudent (uncredited)

as Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)

as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)

as Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt

as Japanese Guard (uncredited)

as Farmer (uncredited)

as Villager (uncredited)

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Harold S. Bucquet

Harold S. Bucquet

Marguerite Roberts

Marguerite Roberts

Pandro S. Berman

Pandro S. Berman

Herbert Stothart

Herbert Stothart

Director of Photography

Harold F. Kress

Harold F. Kress

Lyle R. Wheeler

Lyle R. Wheeler

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