Hong gao liang

Feb 1 1989 Not Rated 1h 31m
Drama, History, Romance

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.

Plot

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.

Written by

Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo, Wei Zhu

Directed by

Yimou Zhang

Cast

Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng

Crew

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Production Countries

China

Production Companies

Xi'an Film Studio

Languages

Awards

17 wins & 7 nominations total

Trailers
Hong gao liang/Red Sorghum/Sorgo Rojo
Scores
# of Votes
10,217
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA