''The Savage Land'' (Yuan Ye) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Ling Zi to a screenplay Si Ji after the play of the same name by

Cao Yu Cao Yu (, September 24, 1910 – December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important playwrights of the 20th century. His best-known works are ''Thunderstorm'' (1933), ''Sunrise'' (1936) and ''Peking Man' ...

. The film features

Liu Xiaoqing Liu Xiaoqing (born 30 October 1950) is a Chinese actress and businesswoman. One of the leading actresses in China in the 1980s, she is known for her roles in the films ''The'' ''Little Flower'' (1979)'', Reign Behind a Curtain'' (1983)'', The ...

as the female lead,

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, and Bu Min. The film was shown in Venice, but not released in China till 1987.Asiaweek -1982 Volume 8 The enthusiastic foreign reception given last year to independent director Ling Zi's Savage Land, made by an upstart company out of the heavy-handed reach of China's cinema bureaucrats and still awaiting public release in ..."

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* 1981 films Chinese drama films Chinese films based on plays {{1980s-China-film-stub