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Red Sorghum
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Red Sorghum 1988 Directed by Zhang Yimou 红高粱

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.

Country China
Production Country China
Language Mandarin
Spoken Languages Japanese , Mandarin
Gneres Drama , History , Romance
Production Company Xi'an Film Studio
Release Date 10 October 1988
91 mins
Cast
Gong Li
Gong Li Jiu'er
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen Yu
Teng Rujun
Teng Rujun Uncle Luohan
Liu Ji
Liu Ji Jiu'er's Son
Qian Ming
Qian Ming Jiu'er's Grandmother
Ji Chunhua
Ji Chunhua Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua
Zhai Chunhua Hu Er
Jia Zhaoji
Jia Zhaoji
Zhang Yuxiang
Zhang Yuxiang
Zhou Guiyun
Zhou Guiyun
Yang Qianbin
Yang Qianbin
Xu Guoqing
Xu Guoqing
Yao Er-ga
Yao Er-ga
Li Yusheng
Li Yusheng Palanquin Porter
Dong Kun
Dong Kun
Hu Xiaoguang
Hu Xiaoguang Palanquin Porter
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Nie Laijing
Nie Laijing
Crew
Director
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Writers
Chen Jianyu
Chen Jianyu
Zhu Wei
Zhu Wei
Li Kezhi
Li Kezhi
Producer
Wu Tianming
Wu Tianming
Cinematography
Gu Changwei
Gu Changwei
Composer
Zhao Jiping
Zhao Jiping
Editor
Du Yuan
Du Yuan
Sound
Gu Changning
Gu Changning
Original Writer
Mo Yan
Mo Yan
Art Direction
Gang Yang
Gang Yang
Costume Design
Liu Jianzhong
Liu Jianzhong
Makeup Artist
Sun Wei
Sun Wei
Lighting
Ji Jianmin
Ji Jianmin
Assistant Director
Yang Fengliang
Yang Fengliang
Additional Photography
Lun Yang
Lun Yang