Ju Dou
1991
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Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Golden Bear 1988 · Winner
The film won the Golden Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival. Synopsis. The film takes place in a rural village in China's eastern province of Shandong during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is narrated from the point of view of the protagonist's grandson, who reminisces about his grandmother, Jiu'er.
Red Sorghum. Jump to. 17 wins & 7 nominations. Berlin International Film Festival. 1988 Winner Golden Berlin Bear. Yimou Zhang. Brussels Film Festival (BRFF) 1989 Winner Youth Jury Award. Best Picture. Yimou Zhang. Golden Rooster Awards. 1988 Nominee Golden Rooster. Best Actor. Wen Jiang. 1988 Nominee Golden Rooster. Best Director. Yimou Zhang.
Red Sorghum. When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
- (10K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Yimou Zhang
- 1989-02
He published his first novel in 1981 and went on to achieve his international breakthrough with the novel Hong gaoliang jiazu (Red Sorghum), which was later adapted for film. Despite the social criticism contained in his books, in China he is viewed as one of the country's foremost authors.
In 1988, the resulting film Red Sorghum was presented during the competition and won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2014, it was adapted as a TV series , directed by Zheng Xiaolong .
- Jeffrey C. Kinkley, Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt
- 1986
Red Sorghum. Young Jiu'er (Gong Li) is sent by her parents to marry an old leper who owns a distillery. As she is being carried over the sorghum fields, bandits attack and she is rescued by a...
- (13)
- Drama
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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.
