Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) — drama film. Directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Gong Li, He Saifei, Cao Cuifen, Kong Lin. This page maps 7 characters and 11 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 7.9/10 from 820 votes.

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Poster

Interactive Features for Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 7 characters interconnect through 11 relationship links.
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Story Analysis

A young woman is destroyed by a rigid household system in which privilege, rivalry, secrecy, and punishment are controlled through ritual.

Drama · 7.9/10 · 125 min · 1991

Credits

Director

Zhang Yimou
Cast

as Songlian

Gong Li
Cast

as Meishan

He Saifei
Cast

as Zhuoyun

Cao Cuifen
Cast

as Yan'er

Kong Lin
Cast

as Housekeeper

Zhao Qi
Cast

as Yuru

Jin Shuyuan
Cast

as Chen Zuoqian

Ma Jingwu
Cast

as Doctor Gao

Cui Zhigang
Cast

as Feipu

Chu Xiao
Cast

as Old Servant

Cao Zengyin
Cast

as Songlian's Mother

Ding Weimin
Cast

as Chen Baishun

Zhou Qi

Videos

4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]

Images

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q665146), public domain (CC0).