Dragon Seed (newspaper)
Dragon Seed may refer to: * ''Dragon Seed'' (novel), written by Pearl S. Buck ** ''Dragon Seed'' (film), its adaptation * ''Dragonseeds ''Dragonseeds'', released in Japan as , is a video game where the player must clone a dragon and train it to fight. The player gets to choose from five basic dragon types and two secret dragons. The game also allows the player to receive extra drag ...

Dragon Seed (novel)
''Dragon Seed'' styled as ''Dragon Seed: A Novel of China Today'' is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China, immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Some characters seek protection in the city while others become collaborators. This story focuses less on the details of the attack and more on the characters’ reactions to the events in Nanking. The Nanking Massacre (commonly called the Rape of Nanking) involved months of horrific violence by the Imperial Japanese Army as they conquered the city; the novel takes place during these events. Buck opines in the novel that Japanese troops passing through China feel no responsibility for their conduct as they won’t be present to be confronted after the violence is over. Unlike Buck's earlier novel ''The Good Earth'', ''Dragon Seed'' is entirely fictional and based on her own secondhand thoughts rather than personal experien ...
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Dragon Seed (film)
''Dragon Seed'' is a 1944 American War film, war Drama (film and television), drama film, about Japan's WWII-era actions in China.The movie directed by Jack Conway (filmmaker), Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, based on the 1942 Dragon Seed (novel), novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, and Turhan Bey. It portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but the headstrong Jade (Hepburn) stands up to the Japanese. Aline MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Premise A peaceful Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese prior to World War II. The men elect to adopt a peaceful attitude towards their conquerors, and the women are understood to stoically acquiesce as well, but Jade, a headstrong young woman, in ...
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