Red Sorghum
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zhang Yimou
Gong Li
Wen Jiang
Liu Ji
Qian Ming
Ji Cun Hua
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the northern province of Shandong during the 1920s and early 30s, a young bride, on her way to a prearranged future with the leprous owner of a wine distillery, avoids rape and then abduction, is seduced, takes over her mysteriously dead husband's business, is captured, then ransomed and ultimately perishes during the Manchurian invasion by the Japanese.
Director
Zhang Yimou
Cast
Gong Li
Wen Jiang
Liu Ji
Qian Ming
Ji Cun Hua
Teng Rujun
Zhai Chunhua
Yang Qianwu
Xu Guoqing
Yao Erga
Li Yusheng
Dong Kun
Wang Hongguang
Hu Xiaoguang
Du Guoguang
Chen Zhigang
Nie Laijing
Wen Jiang
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1988
Released in United States Fall October 10, 1988
Released in United States February 15, 1988
Released in United States January 1992
Released in United States October 21, 1988
Released in United States October 9, 1988
Released in United States on Video January 23, 1992
Released in United States September 1988
Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 15, 1988.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1988.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 9, 1988.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.
Director Zhang Yimou received the Golden Bear at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival.
Directorial debut for cinematographer and Beijing Film Academy graduate Zhang Yimou.
Released in United States 1988 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1988.)
Released in United States January 1992 (Shown at Sundance Film Institute (The Films of Zhang Yimou) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1992.)
Released in United States on Video January 23, 1992 (Under the title "Red Sorghum".)
Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.)
Released in United States October 9, 1988 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 9, 1988.)
Released in United States Fall October 10, 1988
Released in United States October 21, 1988 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States February 15, 1988 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 15, 1988.)
