Red Sorghum

1988 1h 31m ★7.2

Red Sorghum

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.

Release Date October 10, 1988
Runtime 1h 31m
Country China
Language Chinese
Director Zhang Yimou
Category Drama, Romance, History
Rating 7.2 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1988
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