Red Sorghum (1988)Stream and Watch Online

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Released October 10th, 1988, 'Red Sorghum' stars Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Ru-jun, Ji Liu The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of 72 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 205 respected users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

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