Raise the Red Lantern Movie

Raise the Red Lantern

Original title: Da hong denglong gaogao gua

1991 | PG | 2h 5m

Genre: Drama, Tragedy

Directed by

Zhang Yimou

Written by

Ni Zhen

Based on

Raise the Red Lantern (Wives and Concubines)

by Su Tong

Produced by

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Chiu Fu-sheng

Zhang Wenze

Starring

Gong Li

Ma Jingwu [zh]

He Saifei

Cao Cuifen

Jin Shuyuan

Cinematography Zhao Fei

Edited by Du Yuan

Music by Zhao Jiping

Naoki Tachikawa

Production

companies

Era International

China Film Co-Production Corporation

Distributed by Orion Classics

Release date

November 6, 2026 (United States)

10 September 1991 (Venice)

Running time 125 minutes

Budget $1 million 

Box office $2.6 million (United States)

$3 million+ (Italy), $2 million+ (France) 

$11 million+ (HK$85million+) (Outside Asia)

Countries of origin

China

Hong Kong

Language

Mandarin

Also known as

Đèn Lồng Đỏ Treo Cao

Filming locations

Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Production companies

ERA International

China Film Co-Production Corporation