- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Release: 1944-08-01
- Director: Harold S. Bucquet , Jack Conway
- Writers: Pearl S. Buck , Marguerite Roberts , Jane Murfin
- Language: English | Japanese
- Stars: Katharine Hepburn , Walter Huston , Aline MacMahon , Akim Tamiroff , Turhan Bey , Hurd Hatfield , J. Carrol Naish , Agnes Moorehead , Henry Travers (I) (1874–1965) , Robert Bice
- Runtime: 148 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total
- AKA: Dragon Seed (Canada) , La stirpe del drago (Italy) , Smocze nasienie (Poland) , Sămânţa dragonului (Romania) , Estirpe de dragón (Spain) , Dragon Seed , Les fils du dragon (Belgium) , Les Fils du dragon (Canada) , O Filho do Dragão (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Lohikäärmeen satoa (Finland) , De zweep (Belgium) , Canavar tohumu (Turkey) , Draksådd (Sweden) , Sinovi zmaja , Les Fils du dragon (France, French Republic) , Drakenzaad (Netherlands the) , Dragon Seed (United Kingdom) , Drachensaat (Austria) , Потомство дракона , A Estirpe do Dragão (Brazil) , La estirpe del dragón (Mexico) , Dragon Seed (United States of America) , Drakou genna (Greece) , La estirpe del dragón (Argentina)
- Plot:
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. And heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.
- IMDB:tt0036777
Dragon Seed Cast · · · ALL
Harold S. Bucquet
Director
Jack Conway
Director
Katharine Hepburn
Jade Tan
Walter Huston
Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon
Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff
Wu Lien
Turhan Bey
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield
Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead
Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers
(I)
(1874–1965)
Third Cousin
Robert Bice
Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis
Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit
Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung
Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns
Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio
Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore
(1878–1954)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
Leader of City People (uncredited)
Benson Fong
Sudent (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Al Hill
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jay Novello
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)