Red Sorghum (1988)

  • NR
  • 10/10/1988 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, History
  • 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.

Zhang Yimou

Director

Jianyu Chen

Writer

Mo Yan

Novel

Wei Zhu

Writer

Li Kezhi

Writer

Cast

Gong Li's headshot

Gong Li

Jiu'er
Jiang Wen's headshot

Jiang Wen

Yu
Teng Ru-jun's headshot

Teng Ru-jun

Uncle Luohan
Ji Liu's headshot

Ji Liu

Jiu'er's Son
Ming Qian's headshot

Ming Qian

Jiu'er's Grandmother
Ji Chunhua's headshot

Ji Chunhua

Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua's headshot

Zhai Chunhua

Hu Er
Jia Zhaoji's headshot

Jia Zhaoji

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