Red Sorghum
72% Match19881h 31m
DramaRomanceHistory
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.
Cast: Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji, Qian Ming, Ji Chunhua
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About Red Sorghum
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.
Popularity
2.8
Release
Oct 10, 1988
Genres
Drama, Romance, History
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Studios
Xi'an Film Studio
Countries
China
Languages
JapaneseMandarin
Keywords
based on novel or bookrural areadistillery1940sjapanese occupation of chinawar crime