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Red Sorghum

7.4/10
TMDB294 votes
Original: 91 min

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.

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About Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum (1988) is a film in the drama, romance, history genres. Directed by . The cast includes Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji.

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Original language
Runtime
91 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
China
Production companies
Xi'an Film Studio
Directors
Writers
Chen Jianyu, Zhu Wei, Li Kezhi

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What is Red Sorghum about?

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.

Who stars in Red Sorghum?

Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji, Qian Ming, Ji Chunhua. See the cast cards above for character names.

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