The Story of Qiu Ju
1992 1h 40m movie Film China

The Story of Qiu Ju

秋菊打官司

The Story of Qiu Ju is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

秋菊打官司

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

China × Hong Kong Co-Production

China (lead)Hong Kong

Other China×Hong Kong titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Story of Qiu Ju. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Drama in China

90 China titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Story of Qiu Ju itself).

The 1991–1993 China Window

Among 11 China films we catalog from this window, The Story of Qiu Ju places #3 — near the top of its class.

  1. Raise the Red Lantern
    #1

    Raise the Red Lantern

    ★ 7.9 · 1991
  2. Farewell My Concubine
    #2

    Farewell My Concubine

    ★ 7.9 · 1993
  3. The Story of Qiu Ju
    #3

    The Story of Qiu Ju

    ★ 7.3 · 1992
  4. Blade of Fury
    #4

    Blade of Fury

    ★ 7.1 · 1993
  5. The Spring Festival
    #5

    The Spring Festival

    ★ 6.9 · 1991
  6. Life on a String
    #6

    Life on a String

    ★ 6.9 · 1991
  7. Women from the Lake of Scented Souls
    #7

    Women from the Lake of Scented Souls

    ★ 6.5 · 1993
  8. Sanmao Joins the Army
    #8

    Sanmao Joins the Army

    ★ 6.4 · 1992

The 1990s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in China, 41 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Story of Qiu Ju premiered alongside 2 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 2 other China films in 1992.

The 40th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Audience Engagement

112
Reviews
77th
Review-volume percentile
58th
Popularity percentile

112 audience reviews — more than 77% of China films in our index.

Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
112
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #244 of 946 China films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Comedy productions specifically: #51 of 214 (top 24%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, Hong Kong
Original LanguageChinese
Production CompaniesYouth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy, Sil-Metropole Organisation
Runtime1h 40m
Release DateSeptember 7, 1992
IMDbtt0105197