
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 4 awards, including the Golden Bear (1988) and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1989)
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Based on
Based on the novel Red Sorghum
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Setting
Set in Shandong
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Music
Music by Zhao Jiping
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gu Changwei
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Chen JianyuWriter
- Mo YanNovel
- Zhu WeiWriter
- Li KezhiWriter
- Original title
- 红高粱
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 10, 1988
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China





























