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Bitter Tea of General Yen

Barbara Stanwyck (Actor), Nils Asther (Actor), Frank Capra (Director, Producer) Rated:

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IMDb6.9/10.0

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Format	Black & White, NTSC
Contributor	Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Gavin Gordon, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Loo, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Toshia Mori, Helen Jerome Eddy, Grace Zaring Stone, Joseph Walker, Robert Bolder, Lucien Littlefield, Clara Blandick, Frank Capra, Jessie Arnold, Walter Wanger, Emmett Corrigan, Edward Curtiss See more
Language	English, French
Runtime	1 hour and 28 minutes

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Language ‏ : ‎ English, French
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Frank Capra
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ June 23, 1994
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2006
Actors ‏ : ‎ Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly, Gavin Gordon
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures
Producers ‏ : ‎ Frank Capra, Walter Wanger
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000048PT
Writers ‏ : ‎ Edward E. Paramore Jr., Grace Zaring Stone

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Anne Clark

Great pre-code movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2022

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Early Barbara Stanwyk and set during the Chinese civil wars. Plot and characters are amazing for their time and cast did phenomenal job. Love this film.

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Rob

Bare bones, and "interesting choice" for mastering the bluray

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2018

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First of all, my review is for this particular product (SPE [Sony Pictures Entertainment] MOD bluray), not a movie review. IMDB is for movie reviews, Amazon is best used to review a particular product, IMHO.

First off, the print is very good. Full points for that. But it is "movie only". This isn't a low cost bluray, so I was expecting a bit more than a movie only offering. The only menu item, as far as I can tell, is whether or not to display subtitles. On the plus side, it *has* subtitles, which is an item that many of these studio issued MODs don't. But at the price point I was expecting at least a half-hearted extra or two.

As to why I say "...only menu item...as far as I can tell..."- I loaded this in my player, and it wouldn't play. I scanned the disc on my computer, and found it was not encrypted (!), but was full of errors. I almost returned it at that point, MOD discs can have write errors. I decided to see if it would play on my computer before giving up. It didn't play using VideoLAN, but did using PowerDVD. However, I can't be sure whether or not the menu displayed entirely correctly given the weirdness of the disc and the strange look of the menu. I tried clicking on some of the unencrypted video files on the disc, looking for possible extras, and got unexpected results. Looks like Sony decided to obfuscate the living !#% out of the disc instead of encrypting. Too cute by half, since at least in my case, it made playback more of a challenge than it should have been.

If you want the movie, do buy it, the print is good and this very well may be the best presentation that will be offered for some years to come (I'm sure there are other opportunities for other/better presentations, but given the obscurity of the movie I doubt it is going to happen soon). However, be aware you are getting movie only, and may or may not have playback issues.

(BTW, Since I got ripped in another review by somebody with a frothing-at-the-mouth hatred of MODs, let me say *I DON'T CARE* that it is an MOD. I know there are downsides, but would rather have an MOD of an obscure movie than not have anything. For anyone who does care, I look forward to reading your review ripping Sony. Attacks on me over it are unproductive.)

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mnmisser

Wonderful for normal to dry hair

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2022

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a great, subtle fragrance. My middle hair is not a moist as it once was, but this shampoo adds volume and moisture to my hair. Doesn't leave an oily residue.

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Amazon Customer

Excellent movie highly recommend!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2021

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Excellent movie highly recommend!

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LFTASH

Bitter Tea of General Yen

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2010

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The product was as advertised, good quality. The some of the players were known to me. Barbara Stanwyck was wonderful at the start of fine career.I have heard of Nil Asther,but not familiar with his work. The actor that played General Yen's advisor
was good,I have seen him in other motion pictures, usually in a comedy role.

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Jordi

Stunning Frank Capra film with Stanwyck and Asther

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 11, 2012

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A haunting film, worthy of repeated viewing so it can reveal its many nuances of light and imagery. Yes, the film has racial and religious prejudice on both sides (East vs. West), yet the two main characters gradually grow to understand each other...and all of this takes place within one week! Will it ever be released in USA as DVD with subtitles for those of us who are hard of hearing? Perhaps--I will keep hoping.

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l84lnup

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2018

a good old movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2013

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An unusual period piece that will probably not attract or please most viewers. In a way, it tells more about the States at the time than it does about China. It will also change opinions of Frank Capra as a director.

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Kristin Honor

An absolute classic!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 28, 2007

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I first saw this film many years ago. I had set the video because of a review I had read in the Guardian. As soon as I started to view I was hooked!! I have watched it so many times and each time I am more enthralled. I still have it on video but have just discovered that it is for sale on Amazon and I am awaiting my DVD. Although I never liked Barbara Stanwyck when I was younger, in this film, she is very young and very sensual, and I saw her from a new perspective and changed my view.

Get it, watch it and love it!!

7 people found this helpful

John Devine

An early Capra Masterpiece!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 7, 2014

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Wonderful film! Saw it on tv years ago and liked it then, so bought the DVD. Deals with the issue of miscegenation, which was a very controversial subject in the US at the time - it's poor showing at the box office was a consequence, and brought out the best in Nils Asther as the General, and Barbara Stanwyck as the haughty and arrogant missionary...the cinematography and atmosphere are simply stunning...recommended.

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New Kid

excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 21, 2021

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excellent, you can taste china

Reader

A Beautiful, Intelligent Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 10, 2016

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An intelligent film demonstrating the beauty of many 1930s black & white films.

Goodsam

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 30, 2015

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Wonderful!

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