Red Sorghum (1988) on Netflix
NR19881h 31mDramaHistoryRomance
Jiu'er's parents marry her to Li Datou, an old man with leprosy who owns a sorghum distillery in Shandong. A bandit attacks the wedding party, and a bearer fights him off.
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Plot summary
Narrated by her grandson, the story follows Jiu'er, a poor girl in a village in Shandong whose parents arrange her marriage to Li Datou, an elderly distillery owner with leprosy. On the way to his sorghum wine works, a bandit attacks the wedding party, and one of the men hired to carry her sedan chair drives the assailant off. He vanishes once she arrives. Traveling back to her parents' village, she is chased into the sorghum stalks by a masked bandit, who takes off his mask and proves to be that same bearer. Li Datou is found dead, and with no heir the distillery falls to Jiu'er, who urges the workers to take fresh pride in its wine. Her lover gets drunk one day, declares to the men that he will share her bed, and she throws him out.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Red Sorghum (1988)
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- Red Sorghum marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li.
- The film's lush and lusty portrayal of peasant life vaulted Zhang Yimou immediately to the forefront of the Fifth Generation of Chinese directors.
