Red Sorghum (1988)

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.

Directing:
  • Zhang Yimou

Writing:
  • Jianyu Chen
  • Yan Mo
  • Mo Yan

Stars:
Release Date: 1988-10-10
themoviedb icon 7.2/10
  • Country: CN
  • Language: 普通话 | 日本語
  • Runtime: 91
Gong Li
Gong Li
Jiu'er
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Yu
Rujun Ten
Rujun Ten
Uncle Luohan
Ji Chun-Hua
Ji Chun-Hua
Sanpao
Chunhua Zhai
Chunhua Zhai
Yusheng Li
Yusheng Li
Palanquin Porter
巩俐
巩俐
My Grandma
Jia Zhaoji
Jia Zhaoji
Ji Chunhua
Ji Chunhua
Sanpao
Chunhua Ji
Chunhua Ji
Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua
Zhai Chunhua
Hu Er
Hu Xiao-Guang
Hu Xiao-Guang
Palanquin Porter
Teng Ru-jun
Teng Ru-jun
Uncle Luohan
Hu Xiaoguang
Hu Xiaoguang
Palanquin Porter
Yao Er-Ga
Yao Er-Ga
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
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