find her dream is Cuiqiao herself. Therefore, Cuiqiao is more a pathfinder of her own happiness then the White Hair Girl. We can say that Cuiqiao has more controlling power of herself under the feudalism.However, the signification of image changing in the position of women is more obvious in the film The Red Sorghum. In The Red Sorghum, a young woman, Jiu, is forced to marry a rich old leper but eventually falls in love with a young man, Yu. There are several scenes explaining quite detail how Jius emotional world and her confrontation toward her arranged marriage.In her marriage sedan, Jui took off her red cloth that covers her head impatiently (In the Chinese tradition, the Bride is not allowed to take off the red cloth on her head by herself ) and this is the first hint of defiance of this marriage. In the sedan, Jui picks up a pair of scissors from the floor taken from her home and hides it inside her wedding outfit. The close-up of Juis embroidered red shoe stepping on the pair of black scissors and her hand reaching down the scissors, this action and the combination of the colour elements is a well-expressed image of her character which is capable of intense passion and hatred.The first time when Jui realized of her own power in the film is when the sedan and the carriers walking past the haunted tall wild sorghum field. They all got hold up by the masked bandit in the middle of the field, and being strips off all their money. And when the masked bandit moves curiously towards the sedan chair to see the hidden bride, he sees Jui sitting inside the sedan chair and observing him calmly. Attracted by Juis beauty, the masked bandit bend down to hold Juis foot which inside the red embroided shoe. Looking at the bandit, Jui first realized her power over him. At this moment, the bandit is the conquered and Jui is the conqueror. Then, she breaks into a sudden smile, her first smile in the film.The second time she uses her realized powe...
