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Release Date:
October 10, 1988
Original Title:
红高粱
Alternate Titles:
Das rote Kornfeld
Det röda fältet
Het Rode Korenveld
Hong gao liang
Red Sorghum
Rødt korn
홍고량
Genres:
Drama | History | Romance
Production Companies:
Xi'an Film Studio
Production Countries:
China
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U KR: 15 NL: 16
Runtime: 91
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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Art Direction:
Gang Yang
Director:
Zhang Yimou
Director of Photography:
Gu Changwei
Novel:
Mo Yan
Original Music Composer:
Jiping Zhao
Producer:
Wu Tianming
Sound Designer:
Gu Changning
Writer:
Jianyu Chen
Wei Zhu
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