Where to Watch Red Sorghum (1988)

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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Red Sorghum' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Red Sorghum' right now, here are some finer points about the Xi'an Film Studio drama flick.

Released October 10th, 1988, 'Red Sorghum' stars Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Liu Ji The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of 72 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 216 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. 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." .