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.
Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
October 10, 1988
Popularity
2
Director
Zhang Yimou
Writer
Chen Jianyu
Writer
Zhu Wei
Producer
Wu Tianming
Where to Watch
Cast
Gong Li
Jiu'er
Jiang Wen
Yu
Teng Rujun
Uncle Luohan
Liu Ji
Jiu'er's Son
Qian Ming
Jiu'er's Grandmother
Ji Chunhua
Sanpao
Zhai Chunhua
Hu Er
Jia Zhaoji
Zhang Yuxiang
Zhou Guiyun
Yang Qianbin
Xu Guoqing
Yao Er-ga
Li Yusheng
Palanquin Porter
Dong Kun
Zhang Yimou
Nie Laijing
Hu Xiaoguang
Palanquin Porter
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