Red sorghum [videorecording]
2009
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Award-winning rural Chinese drama directed by Zhang Yimou. In the China of the 1920s, a young woman Jiu'er (Li Gong) is entered into an arranged marriage with the leprous owner of a local winery. Although the relationship between the two is tenuous at first, it gradually develops over time into one of mutual respect. As time passes, Jiu'er falls for one the workers at the winery, shortly before her now ill husband dies. Inheriting the winery, Jiu'er, with her lover, take control, establishing a thriving business, even more successful than before. But when the Japanese military arrive during WWII, they rip up the wine fields in order to make a road. Now, as the local villagers rise up against the invaders, Jiu'er leads the patriotic surge to return the red sorghum crop to the fields.
Main title:
Red sorghum [videorecording] / producer, Tian-Ming Wu.
Author:
Yimou, Zhang, directorZhao, Jiping, composer (expression)Gong, Li, actorJiang, Wen, actorTen, Rujun, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Drakes Avenue Pictures, 2009.
Collation:
1 DVD (91 min.) : colour
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 0, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Mandarin), Subtitles (English).Made in 1987.Based on the novels 'Red sorghum' and 'Sorghum wine'.DVDN.In Mandarin; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Zhang Yimou; writer, Jianyu Chen; writer, Wei Zhu; music, Jiping Zhao.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Zhigang Chen, Kun Donbg, Guoguang Du, Xiaoguang Hu, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji, Yusheng Li.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
Chinese
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BRN:
1308682
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