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Red Sorghum is a 1988 Chinese war and historical film directed by Zhang Yimou, based on the novel Red Sorghum by Mo Yan, who also wrote the screenplay. Produced by Wu Tianming and shot by cinematographer Gu Changwei with a score by Zhao Jiping, it is set in Shandong and stars Gong Li, Jiang Wen, and Ji Chunhua.
Running 91 minutes, the film received the Golden Bear.
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7.1An 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.
Cast
- Gong Li as Jiu'er
- Jiang Wen as Yu
- Teng Rujun as Uncle Luohan
- Liu Ji as Jiu'er's Son
- Qian Ming as Jiu'er's Grandmother
- Ji Chunhua as Sanpao
Themes
- based on novel or book
- rural area
- distillery
- 1940s
- japanese occupation of china
- war crime
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Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 紅 高粱
- Simplified chinese
- 红 高粱
- Literal meaning
- red sorghum
- Hanyu pinyin
- Hóng gāoliáng
- Directed by
- Zhang Yimou
- Written by
- Chen Jianyu , Zhu Wei
- Based on
- Red Sorghum Clan , by Mo Yan
- Produced by
- Wu Tianming
- Starring
- Gong Li , Jiang Wen , Teng Rujun
- Cinematography
- Gu Changwei
- Edited by
- Du Yuan
- Music by
- Zhao Jiping
- Production company
- Xi'an Film Studio
- Release date
- 15 February 1988 ( 1988-02-15 )
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Country
- China
- Language
- Mandarin
- Box office
- 40 million tickets (China)
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Described at
Hong Gaoliang | Red Sorghum | Rotes Kornfeld | Berlinale
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Offizielle Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- China
- Original language
- Chinese
- Based on
- Red Sorghum
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Screenwriter
- Mo Yan
- Cast member
- Ji Chunhua
- Composer
- Zhao Jiping
- Producer
- Wu Tianming
- Cinematographer
- Gu Changwei
- Narrative location
- Shandong
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 737563
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- title
- 红高粱
- review score
- 85%
- publication date
- 1992-12-00
- described at URL
- www.berlinale.de/de/2010/programm/20102068.html
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Sorghum is a 1988 Chinese film about a young woman's life working in a distillery for sorghum liquor. It is based on the first two parts of the novel Red Sorghum by Nobel laureate Mo Yan.
The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li. With its lush and lusty portrayal of peasant life, it immediately vaulted Zhang to the forefront of the Fifth Generation of Chinese directors. The film won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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