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Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese film about a young woman's life working in a distillery for sorghum liquor. It is based on the first two parts of the novel Red Sorghum by Nobel laureate Mo Yan. The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li.
With Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu. 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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- Drama, History, Romance
- Yimou Zhang
- 1989-02
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Cast and crew of «Red Sorghum» (Hong gao liang, 1988). Roles and the main characters. Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Teng Rujun
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Dec 18, 2015 · Director: Zhang Yimou (China) When Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum won the Golden Bear at the 1988 Berlin International Film Festival, it was a coming-of-age moment for both Chinese cinema and the...
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Mar 12, 2024 · Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016). He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.
