Zhang Yimou's first film adapts Mo Yan's novel.
Film· 1988· Drama
红高粱 (Red Sorghum)
by 张艺谋 Zhang Yimou
红高粱 (Red Sorghum): it draws on 2 recorded sources.
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- Second Sino-Japanese War
The film ends with the Japanese invasion of Shandong in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the villagers' ambush of a Japanese convoy.