CinemaOSMovie · 1988 · 1h 31m

Red Sorghum

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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.

Directed byZhang Yimou

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 31m
Language
ZH
Released
October 10, 1988
Studios
Xi'an Film Studio

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Hong gao liang/Red Sorghum/Sorgo Rojo

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Gong Li

Gong Li

Jiu'er

Jiang Wen

Jiang Wen

Yu

Teng Rujun

Teng Rujun

Uncle Luohan

Liu Ji

Jiu'er's Son

Qian Ming

Jiu'er's Grandmother

Ji Chunhua

Ji Chunhua

Sanpao

Zhai Chunhua

Zhai Chunhua

Hu Er

Jia Zhaoji

Jia Zhaoji

Zhang Yuxiang

Zhou Guiyun

Zhou Guiyun

Creative team
Directed by
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Written by
Chen Jianyu
Zhu Wei
Zhu Wei
Produced by
Wu Tianming
Wu Tianming

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