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Red Sorghum

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Red Sorghum
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NR,1hr 31min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
October 9, 1988
Director:
Zhang Yimou
Starring:
Gong Li, Jiu Ji, Cui Cun-Hua  ...more
Synopsis: Red Sorghum was the first directorial effort of controversial Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. The director's favorite leading lady Gong Li plays a young woman of the 1920s whose family sells her into marriage with a wealthy winemaker. At first a loveless union, the relationship blossoms into one of strong friendship and mutual respect. During World War II, Gong Li fights side by side with her husband against the invading Japanese. A sweeping yet intensely personal historical epic, Red Sorghum won ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The first Chinese film to receive a commercial release in the U.S., and the winner of the prestigious Golden Bear at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Yimou's fable of Chinese life during the '20s and '30s, with it's plenary abundance of astonishingly sensual images, immediately established him as one of the world's most gifted directors. Yimou's saga covers his grandmother's life, from her arranged ... Full Review
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