Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum 1988

红高粱 hónggāoliáng

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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3.86 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 85%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Jiu'er Jiang Wen Jiang Wen Yu Teng Rujun Teng Rujun Uncle Luohan Liu Ji Jiu'er's Son Qian Ming Jiu'er's Grandmother Ji Chunhua Ji Chunhua Sanpao Zhai Chunhua Zhai Chunhua Hu Er Jia Zhaoji Jia Zhaoji Zhang Yuxiang Zhou Guiyun

Vocabulary

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见钱眼开 見錢眼開 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain; money-grubbing Idiom HSK 7
黑手 黑手 hēi shǒu (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic; blue-collar worker; manual laborer Xiehouyu HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
过奖 過獎 guò jiǎng to overpraise; to flatter HSK 7
骏马 駿馬 jùn mǎ fine horse; steed HSK 7
一晃 一晃 yī huǎng (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash HSK 7
敬酒 敬酒 jìng jiǔ to toast; to propose a toast HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
气派 氣派 qì pài impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
累计 累計 lěi jì to calculate the running total; cumulative; total; in total HSK 7
筐 筐 kuāng basket HSK 7
闹事 鬧事 nào shì to cause trouble; to create a disturbance HSK 7
火药 火藥 huǒ yào gunpowder HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
冒犯 冒犯 mào fàn to offend HSK 7
落下 落下 luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7
胡乱 胡亂 hú luàn careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth HSK 7
掏钱 掏錢 tāo qián to pay; to spend money; to fork out HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
光顾 光顧 guāng gù to visit (as a customer) HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
蒸 蒸 zhēng to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
夸 夸 kuā used in 克 HSK 7
改编 改編 gǎi biān to adapt; to rearrange; to revise HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
剥 剝 bāo to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
瘾 癮 yǐn addiction; craving HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7