Looking to watch 'The Herdsman' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Xie Jin-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Herdsman' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Herdsman' right now, here are some specifics about the Shanghai Film Studio drama flick.
Released , 'The Herdsman' stars Zhu Shimao, Cong Shan, Liu Qiong, Niu Ben The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 13 well-known users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future." .
