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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轿夫 轎夫 jiào fū porter for a palanquin ∼HSK 2
长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) ∼HSK 2
院本 院本 yuàn běn script for opera (esp. in Yuan times) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
排行 排行 pái háng to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings) ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
出气 出氣 chū qì to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale ∼HSK 2
响头 響頭 xiǎng tóu to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground ∼HSK 2
平平 平平 píng píng average; mediocre ∼HSK 2
流出 流出 liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
加大 加大 jiā dà to increase (e.g. one's effort) ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
载 載 zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
西南 西南 xī nán southwest HSK 2
院子 院子 yuàn zi courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
阴 陰 yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
大小 大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority HSK 2
大门 大門 Dà mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel; fiction HSK 2
公路 公路 gōng lù highway; road HSK 2
舒服 舒服 shū fu comfortable; feeling well HSK 2
举 舉 jǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
练 練 liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
响 響 xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
放下 放下 fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
到处 到處 dào chù everywhere HSK 2
喊 喊 hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
吹 吹 chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through HSK 2
黄 黃 huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2