Red Sorghum (1988)
Red Sorghum (1988)
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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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This Movie Is About.
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Cast & Crew.
Gong Li
Wo Nainai (My Grandma)
Jiang Wen
Wo Yeye (My Grandpa)
Teng Ru-jun
Wo Luohan Yeye (Uncle Luohan)
Ji Liu
Wo Die (My Dad)
Ming Qian
Wo Nainai ta Die (My Grandma's Dad)
Chunhua Ji
Sanpao
Chun Hua Ji
Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua
Actor
Jia Zhaoji
Actor
Yuxiang Zhang
Actress
Guiyun Zhou
Actress
Zhang Yimou
Director
Jianyu Chen
Writer
Yusheng Li
Palanquin Porter
Mo Yan
Writer
Wei Zhu
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 1988
Original Name红高粱
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
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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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