Red Sorghum (1988)
Hong gao liang (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 31min
- Drama, History
- Feb 1989 (USA)
- Movie
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.
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- 17 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast
| Gong Li | ... |
Wo Nainai (My Grandma)
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| Wen Jiang | ... |
Wo Yeye (My Grandpa)
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Rujun Teng | ... |
Wo Luohan Yeye (Uncle Luohan)
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Ji Liu | ... |
Wo Die (My Dad)
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Ming Qian | ... |
Wo Nainai ta Die (My Grandma's Dad)
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| Chunhua Ji | ... |
Sanpao
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Chunhua Zhai |
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Zhaoji Jia |
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Yuxiang Zhang |
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Guiyun Zhou |
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Qianbin Yang | ... |
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Guoqing Xu |
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Yao Er Ga | ... |
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Yusheng Li |
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Kun Dong |
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Hongguang Wang |
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Xiaoguang Hu |
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Guoguang Du |
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Zhigang Chen |
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Laijing Nie |
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| Yimou Zhang |
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Directed by
| Yimou Zhang | ||
Written by
| Jianyu Chen | ... | (writer) |
| Yan Mo | ... | (books "Red Sorghum" and "Sorghum Wine") |
| Wei Zhu | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Tian-Ming Wu | ... | producer |
Music by
| Jiping Zhao | ||
Cinematography by
| Changwei Gu | ||
Sound Department
| Changning Gu | ... | sound designer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Palace Pictures (1988) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- New Yorker Films (1988) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Ronin Films (1988) (Australia) (theatrical) (as 'Red Sorghum') (subtitled)
- Academy Pictures (1989) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Transmundo Films (1989) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1989) (Argentina) (VHS)
- National Film Development Corporation (1990) (India) (theatrical)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- Arthaus (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (tv) (subtitled)
- Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- Films sans Frontières (2016) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Euro Space (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1988) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Toko-Tokuma (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Films sans Frontières (2009) (World-wide)
- Kinokuniya shoten (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- NHK-BS2 (1992) (Japan) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.
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Did You Know?
| 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". See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Turandot Project (2000). See more » |