The Herdsman
1982 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 381 VOTES · DIR. Xie Jin
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 797 lines
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00:27:21 Because I had no home to go back to, they let me stay at the rangeland to work.
00:28:57 Even Li Long zheng (an emperor of the Ming Dynasty) used to be a monk.
00:32:33 Or let the horses starve to death.
00:34:26 Lingiun, remember these seven characters.
00:37:09 A naive girl? What a sweet name.
00:41:10 Don't you have any relatives here
00:42:53 Ok.
00:44:57 But, the poorer, the easier to get used to it.
00:49:09 You can really make the best of things.
00:55:57 Such a kind person was put into my life suddenly.
00:58:57 Ok. Tonight, we will celebrate Lingiun's wedding.
01:00:48 Ok.
01:02:53 This is how we made our poor family.
01:06:44 Now.
01:11:17 This is the place.This is it.
01:13:52 Even he knows the word redress
01:16:02 Don't call him rightist anymore.
01:18:37 The title is.
01:21:01 What delicacies
01:23:34 A capitalist also called an entrepreneur.
01:26:08 Don't frighten me. You won't go. I know it in my heart.
01:30:13 There are two possibilities for everything.
01:33:27 Father.
01:36:13 Ok.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed797
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:27:21
Final line01:36:13
Production Record
DirectorXie Jin
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes381