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Red Sorghum
1988 7.2 (212 votes) 1h 31m
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Genres
Drama Romance History
Production Companies
Xi'an Film Studio

Red Sorghum (红高粱)

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.

Key Crew

Director: Zhang Yimou

Writer: Chen Jianyu, Zhu Wei, Li Kezhi

Director of Photography: Gu Changwei

Producer: Wu Tianming

Top Cast

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

Videos

Hong gao liang/Red Sorghum/Sorgo Rojo

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