Red Sorghum (红高粱) 37 years old

Red Sorghum

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.

Credits

Red Sorghum Cast

Name Character
Gong Li She was 22, now 58 years old as My Grandma
Jiang Wen He was 25, now 61 years old as My Grandpa
Jia Zhaoji
Ten Rujun as Uncle Luohan
Ji Chun-Hua He was 27, 56 years old when he died as Sanpao (as Chunhua Ji)
Yang Qianbin
Yusheng Li

Red Sorghum Crew

Name Department
Zhang Yimou as Director. He was 37 (now 74) years old Directing
Gu Changwei as Director of Photography. He was 30 (now 66) years old Camera
Jianyu Chen as Writer. Writing
Yan Mo as Author. Writing
Red Sorghum poster
Red Sorghum (37 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 10, 1987
  • Runtime: 91 minutes