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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一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
出钱 出錢 chū qián to pay ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
你真行 你真行 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation) ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
回老家 回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along ∼HSK 1
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
哥哥 哥哥 gē ge older brother HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
饿 餓 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
哥 哥 gē elder brother HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
记 記 jì to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots HSK 1