Red Sorghum (1988)

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.

Released

1988-10-10

Genres

Drama, Romance, History

Runtime

91 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Zhang Yimou

TMDB rating

7.4/10 from 282 votes