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.

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Release Date

October 10, 1988

Status

Released

Original Title

红高粱

Runtime

1h 31min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Mandarin, Japanese

Production Companies

Xi'an Film Studio