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Red Sorghum

Original title: Hong gao liang
  • 1988
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
9.5K
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Red Sorghum (1988)
DramaHistoryRomance

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunka... Read allWhen a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.

  • Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Writers
    • Jianyu Chen
    • Yan Mo
    • Wei Zhu
  • Stars
    • Gong Li
    • Wen Jiang
    • Rujun Teng
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    9.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yimou Zhang
    • Writers
      • Jianyu Chen
      • Yan Mo
      • Wei Zhu
    • Stars
      • Gong Li
      • Wen Jiang
      • Rujun Teng
    • 37User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 9 nominations

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    Gong Li
    Gong Li
    • Wo Nainai (My Grandma)
    Wen Jiang
    Wen Jiang
    • Wo Yeye (My Grandpa)
    Rujun Teng
    • Wo Luohan Yeye (Uncle Luohan)
    • (as Rujun Ten)
    Ji Liu
    • Wo Die (My Dad)
    Ming Qian
    • Wo Nainai ta Die (My Grandma's Dad)
    Chunhua Ji
    Chunhua Ji
    • Sanpao
    Chunhua Zhai
    Zhaoji Jia
    Yuxiang Zhang
    Guiyun Zhou
    Qianbin Yang
      Guoqing Xu
      Yao Er Ga
        Yusheng Li
        Kun Dong
        Hongguang Wang
        Xiaoguang Hu
        Guoguang Du
        • Director
          • Yimou Zhang
        • Writers
          • Jianyu Chen
          • Yan Mo
          • Wei Zhu
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        • Trivia
          The films screenplay was based on the novel of the same name by Chinese author Mo Yan. In 2012, Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy awarded him the prize as an author "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
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        User reviews37

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        10/10
        Joyful, painful, funny, and horrifying and why isn't it on DVD?
        Credit goes to Yimou for stripping this epic 2 novel series down to this spare and gorgeous little hour and a half. For all the recent fantastic forays into Chinese fantasy, this story (which is allegedly true) shown as it is, is as close to a fairy tale as it gets, at least until the very end. Every shot is a painting. For some reason this film is still near-impossible to find on DVD. I truly hope it is not being suppressed for anti-Japanese sentiment expressed in it. That would be a terrible shame. This film was released shortly before Tienanmenn (sp) and it has a boldness and frank humor rarely seen in Chinese film since.
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        • Release date
          • February 1989 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • China
        • Languages
          • Mandarin
          • Japanese
        • Also known as
          • Das rote Kornfeld
        • Filming locations
          • China
        • Production company
          • Xi'an Film Studio
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        • Gross worldwide
          • $108,371
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 31 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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