Red Sorghum
红高粱
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In 1930s rural Shandong, a young bride sold to a leprous sorghum wine distillery owner falls in love with one of her sedan-chair carriers, inheriting the distillery and leading the workers in armed resistance when brutal Japanese invaders butcher their village. Zhang Yimou's Berlin Golden Bear-winning directorial debut in saturated crimson starring Gong Li.
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