Red Sorghum

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1988

DramaRomanceHistory

1 hour 31 minutes

Summary

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

Mo Yan

Novel

Wei Zhu

Writer

Li Kezhi

Writer

Original Name红高粱 (Red Sorghum)

StatusReleased: 36 years ago
October 10, 1988

Language普通话

Spoken Languages日本語, 普通话

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