The Herdsman

The Herdsman

1982 zh 103 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future.

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Cast

Zhu Shimao

Zhu Shimao

Cong Shan

Cong Shan

Liu Qiong

Liu Qiong

Niu Ben

Niu Ben

Ziyue Zhao

Ziyue Zhao

Chao Fang

Chao Fang

清清

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