Red Sorghum

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Red Sorghum

film by Zhang [1987]

Also known as: “Hong gaoliang”

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Zhang Yimou
…first film, Hong gaoliang (Red Sorghum). The critically acclaimed epic—which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival—starred Gong Li as a woman sold into marriage. Gong subsequently appeared in a number of Zhang’s films, including Ju Dou (1990), a drama about a woman in a loveless marriage…
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…first film, Hong gaoliang (Red Sorghum). The critically acclaimed epic—which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival—starred Gong Li as a woman sold into marriage. Gong subsequently appeared in a number of Zhang’s films, including Ju Dou (1990), a drama about a woman in a loveless marriage…
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Gong Li
…bride in Hong gaoliang (1987; Red Sorghum), noticed her. She not only won the role but she also won the director’s heart. Her romance with Zhang (who was still married at the time) both scandalized and delighted fans throughout East Asia, and Red Sorghum went on to become a major…
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…bride in Hong gaoliang (1987; Red Sorghum), noticed her. She not only won the role but she also won the director’s heart. Her romance with Zhang (who was still married at the time) both scandalized and delighted fans throughout East Asia, and Red Sorghum went on to become a major…
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