Red Sorghum (1988)
Red Sorghum (1988)
Plot.
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
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Cast & Crew.
Gong Li
Jiu'er
Jiang Wen
Yu
Teng Ru-jun
Uncle Luohan
Ji Liu
Jiu'er's Son
Ming Qian
Jiu'er's Grandmother
Ji Chunhua
Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua
Hu Er
Chun Hua Ji
Sanpao
Jia Zhaoji
Yuxiang Zhang
Guiyun Zhou
Yang Qianbin
Yusheng Li
Palanquin Porter
Hu Xiaoguang
Palanquin Porter
Jianyu Chen
Writer
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Gu Changning
Sound Designer
Gang Yang
Art Direction
Zhao Jiping
Original Music Composer
Mo Yan
Novel
Wu Tianming
Producer
Wei Zhu
Writer
Du Yuan
Editor
Yang Fengliang
Assistant Director
Lun Yang
Additional Photography
Li Kezhi
Writer
Ji Jianmin
Directing Lighting Artist
Sun Wei
Makeup Artist
Liu Jianzhong
Costume Designer
Lei Xiaogang
Property Master
Liu Zhiren
Set Dresser
Nie Laijing
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 1988
Original Name红高粱
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
rural setting
distillery
1940s
japanese occupation of china
war crime
Wiki.
Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese film about a young woman's life working in a distillery for sorghum liquor. It is based on the first two parts of the novel Red Sorghum by Nobel laureate Mo Yan.
The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li. With its lush and lusty portrayal of peasant life, it immediately vaulted Zhang to the forefront of the Fifth Generation directors. The film won the Golden Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival.
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