电影《菊豆》由张艺谋和杨凤良共同执导，巩俐、李保田、李纬等人主演，于1990年在日本上映。该片改编自刘恒的小说《伏羲伏羲》，讲述了20世纪20年代，年轻女子菊豆嫁给染坊主杨金山后，受到丈夫性无能和虐待的折磨，与丈夫的侄子天青陷入禁忌的爱情，并生下了一个儿子天白，最终导致悲剧的故事

杨金山是一个生理缺陷的染房主，为了延续香火，他先后娶了两个女人，却都因为他的滥施淫威而死去。后来，他花了很多钱娶了年轻漂亮的菊豆。白天，菊豆在染房工作，是杨金山的长工，晚上则成为杨金山发泄欲望的工具。杨金山的侄子天青，年近四十却仍未娶妻，对叔叔对菊豆的虐待感到痛苦和愤恨，但因礼教束缚而无法采取行动，只能忍受。

在杨金山外出的时候，天青和菊豆情不自禁地拥抱在一起，二人才真正感受到了爱情的力量。不久之后，他们的爱情结晶天白诞生了。杨金山并不知道真相，以为天白是他的亲生子，对此感到欣喜万分。

然而，一天，杨金山突然中风导致下身瘫痪，他终于发现了菊豆与天青的私情，并试图报复，但却无力付诸行动。后来，在和天白玩耍时，他不幸掉进染池溺亡。按照家族规矩，天青被迫搬离染房，他和菊豆只能偷偷地在野外幽会。然而，村里开始传言，长大后的天白听到了这些闲言碎语，尽管知道天青是自己的亲生父亲，他仍怀着敌视和仇恨将天青赶出了染房。

The movie "Ju Dou" was co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Wei and others. It was released in Japan in 1990. The film is adapted from Liu Heng's novel "Fuxi Fuxi". It tells the story of a young woman named Judou who was tortured by her husband's impotence and abuse after marrying Yang Jinshan, the master of the dyeing workshop, in the 1920s, and fell into a taboo relationship with her husband's nephew Tianqing. Love, and gave birth to a son Tianbai, which eventually leads to a tragic story

Yang Jinshan is a homeowner with physical defects. died of abuse. Later, he spent a lot of money to marry the young and beautiful Ju Dou. During the day, Ju Dou worked in the dyeing room as Yang Jinshan's long-term worker, and at night became Yang Jinshan's tool to vent his desire. Yang Jinshan's nephew Tianqing, nearly forty years old but still unmarried, feels pain and resentment for his uncle's abuse of Ju Dou, but he cannot take any action because of the constraints of ethics and can only endure it.

When Yang Jinshan was out, Tianqing and Judou couldn't help hugging each other, and they really felt the power of love. Soon after, the crystallization of their love, Tianbai, was born. Yang Jinshan didn't know the truth, and thought Tianbai was his biological son, and was very happy about it.

However, one day, Yang Jinshan suffered a sudden stroke and his lower body was paralyzed. Revenge, but unable to act. Later, while playing with Tian Bai, he unfortunately fell into the dyed pool and drowned. According to family rules, Tianqing was forced to move out of the dyeing room, and he and Judou could only secretly meet in the wild. However, there were rumors in the village that Tianbai, who grew up, heard these gossips, and even though he knew that Tianqing was his biological father, he still drove Tianqing out of the dyeing room with hostility and hatred.