Yellow Earth
E443078
Yellow Earth is a landmark 1984 Chinese film, directed by Chen Kaige with cinematography by Zhang Yimou, renowned for its striking visual style and influence on the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yellow Earth canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4459909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yellow Earth Context triple: [Zhang Yimou, cinematographyBy, Yellow Earth]
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A.
Red Earth People
Red Earth People is an ethnonym referring to the Fox (Meskwaki) Native American people, traditionally associated with the Great Lakes region of North America.
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B.
Mountains of Heaven
Mountains of Heaven is a poetic name often associated with lofty, majestic mountain ranges that evoke a sense of divine or celestial grandeur.
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C.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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E.
Zang Tumb Tuum
Zang Tumb Tuum is a 1914 Futurist sound-poetry work by Italian artist F.T. Marinetti, notable for its experimental typographic layout and onomatopoeic evocation of modern warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yellow Earth Target entity description: Yellow Earth is a landmark 1984 Chinese film, directed by Chen Kaige with cinematography by Zhang Yimou, renowned for its striking visual style and influence on the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema.
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A.
Red Earth People
Red Earth People is an ethnonym referring to the Fox (Meskwaki) Native American people, traditionally associated with the Great Lakes region of North America.
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B.
Mountains of Heaven
Mountains of Heaven is a poetic name often associated with lofty, majestic mountain ranges that evoke a sense of divine or celestial grandeur.
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C.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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E.
Zang Tumb Tuum
Zang Tumb Tuum is a 1914 Futurist sound-poetry work by Italian artist F.T. Marinetti, notable for its experimental typographic layout and onomatopoeic evocation of modern warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Huang tudi ⓘ |
| award | Best Cinematography at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards ⓘ |
| cinematicStyle |
long static shots
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minimal dialogue ⓘ painterly compositions ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Zhang Yimou ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by international critics ⓘ |
| depicts |
Chinese Communist Party cadre collecting folk songs
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folk traditions of northern China ⓘ |
| director | Chen Kaige ⓘ |
| distribution |
China Film Distribution and Exhibition Company
ⓘ
linked to:
China Film Co., Ltd.
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| era | early Fifth Generation cinema ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Hong Kong International Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSubtitlesIn |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Cultural Revolution Chinese cinema opening ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese art cinema
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visual style of later Chinese historical dramas ⓘ |
| leadActor | Wang Xueqi ⓘ |
| leadActress | Bai Xue ⓘ |
| movement |
Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema
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linked to:
Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers
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| musicBy | Xiao He ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on Fifth Generation Chinese filmmakers
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striking visual style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| plotFocus | life of peasants in rural China ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Hong Kong International Film Festival ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Guangxi Film Studio ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Chen Kaige
ⓘ
Zheng Yi ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Shaanxi Province ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| theme |
revolutionary ideals
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rural hardship ⓘ tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| titleLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yellow Earth Description of subject: Yellow Earth is a landmark 1984 Chinese film, directed by Chen Kaige with cinematography by Zhang Yimou, renowned for its striking visual style and influence on the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.