Red Sorghum

1988 · directed by Zhang Yimou

Rating
78/100
Hit
no

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.

Red Sorghum (1988), directed by Zhang Yimou, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Gong Li
  • Jiang Wen
  • Teng Rujun
  • Liu Ji
  • Qian Ming
  • Ji Chunhua
  • Zhai Chunhua
  • Jia Zhaoji
  • Zhang Yuxiang
  • Zhou Guiyun

Crew

  • Gu Changwei — Director of Photography
  • Du Yuan — Editor
  • Zhao Jiping — Original Music Composer
  • Chen Jianyu — Writer
  • Li Kezhi — Writer
  • Zhu Wei — Writer

More from Zhang Yimou

  1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) — 87/100 · hit
  2. To Live (1994) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Ju Dou (1990) — 81/100 · hit
  4. Hero (2002) — 80/100 · hit
  5. House of Flying Daggers (2004) — 80/100 · hit
  6. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) — 80/100 · hit

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