Dragon Seed (1944) - Video Detective

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The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. And heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.

Original Release

08/01/1944

Cast

Name	Character

Katharine Hepburn	Jade Tan
Walter Huston	Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon	Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff	Wu Lien
Turhan Bey	Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield	Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish	Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead	Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers	Third Cousin
Robert Bice	Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway, Andrew Marton

Writers

Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts, Pearl S. Buck

Cast

Name	Character

Katharine Hepburn	Jade Tan
Walter Huston	Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon	Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff	Wu Lien
Turhan Bey	Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield	Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish	Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead	Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers	Third Cousin
Robert Bice	Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis	Capt. Sato
Frances Rafferty	Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit	Wu Lien's Wife
Frank Puglia
Lionel Barrymore	Narrator (voice)
Clarence Lung	Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns	Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio	Wu Sao
Claire Du Brey	Hysterical Woman
Leonard Strong	Japanese Official