
Red Sorghum (1988)
Original Title: 红高粱
Drama
History
Romance
7.2 (213 votes)
1h 31m
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Writer
- Li Kezhi
- Original Language
- Chinese
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Gong Li
Ji Chunhua
Jia Zhaoji
Jiang Wen
Liu Ji
Qian Ming
Teng Rujun
Zhai Chunhua
Zhang Yuxiang
Zhou Guiyun
Keywords
1940s
based on novel or book
distillery
japanese occupation of china
rural area
war crime
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