Red Sorghum
E443064
Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou that blends romance and wartime drama in rural Shandong, and is widely credited with launching the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema onto the world stage.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
ⓘ
film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFrom | Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Red Sorghum (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Mo Yan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Gu Changwei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| depicts | Japanese invasion of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Du Yuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSelection | 38th Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ war drama ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | color ⓘ |
| hasFemaleLead | Gong Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Sinitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
love
ⓘ
resistance ⓘ rural life ⓘ war ⓘ |
| marksDebut | Gong Li’s first major film role ⓘ |
| marksDirectorialDebut | Zhang Yimou’s feature directorial debut ⓘ |
| movement | Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Zhao Jiping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
blend of romance and wartime drama
ⓘ
striking color cinematography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
international recognition of Fifth Generation Chinese cinema
ⓘ
launching Zhang Yimou’s directing career ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | rural Chinese village life ⓘ |
| producer | Zhou Weiping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Xi’an Film Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Zheng Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Shandong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Gong Li
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jiang Wen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Rujun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
1930s
ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.