{"product_id":"red-sorghum-紅いコーリャン-original-japanese-movie-poster-1989-b2-size-51-73-cm-i372","title":"“Red Sorghum” \/ 「紅いコーリャン」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1989, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) I372","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"370\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"148\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the 1989 Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eRed Sorghum \/ 「紅いコーリャン」\u003c\/strong\u003e, the landmark 1987 historical drama that marked the feature directorial debut of \u003cstrong data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eZhang Yimou\u003c\/strong\u003e and the breakthrough screen performance of \u003cstrong data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"369\"\u003eGong Li\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"632\"\u003eAdapted from the fiction of Nobel Prize-winning author \u003cstrong data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"437\"\u003eMo Yan\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film announced China’s Fifth Generation filmmakers to an international audience and became the \u003cstrong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"631\"\u003efirst Chinese production to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"653\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"653\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"819\"\u003eSet in rural Shandong during the 1930s, the story is narrated through the memories of a family whose lives become inseparable from a remote sorghum-wine distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"962\"\u003eA young woman known as \u003cstrong data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"854\"\u003eJiu’er\u003c\/strong\u003e is sold by her impoverished father into an arranged marriage with the elderly, leprous owner of the winery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"1243\"\u003eDuring the journey to her new home, the bridal procession is attacked by a bandit. One of the sedan-chair bearers, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003eYu Zhan’ao\u003c\/strong\u003e, intervenes and saves her. Their encounter begins an intense relationship that will shape the future of the distillery and the surrounding community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1459\"\u003eAfter Jiu’er’s husband dies under mysterious circumstances, she assumes control of the winery. Together with Yu and the workers, she transforms it into a place of vitality, labour, ritual, and defiant independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1673\"\u003eTheir world is eventually shattered by the invasion of the Imperial Japanese Army. The film’s sensual celebration of life and freedom gives way to violence as the villagers unite in a desperate act of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1777\"\u003eThe film was directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1715\"\u003eZhang Yimou\u003c\/strong\u003e, based on Mo Yan’s novellas \u003cem data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1757\"\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1776\"\u003eSorghum Wine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"1818\"\u003eThe principal creative credits include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1932\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1833\"\u003eDirector:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zhang Yimou\u003cbr data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1848\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1866\"\u003eOriginal Work:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mo Yan\u003cbr data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1876\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1895\"\u003eCinematography:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gu Changwei\u003cbr data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1910\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"1920\"\u003eMusic:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zhao Jiping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1934\" data-end=\"1962\"\u003eThe principal cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"2013\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"2013\"\u003eGong Li\u003cbr data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"1976\"\u003eJiang Wen\u003cbr data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"1988\"\u003eTeng Rujun\u003cbr data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2001\"\u003eJi Chunhua\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2313\"\u003eGong Li’s performance as Jiu’er established her as one of the most important actors in contemporary Chinese cinema. Zhang Yimou and cinematographer Gu Changwei used saturated colour, expansive landscapes, and ritualised movement to create a film at once intimate, mythical, and politically charged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2315\" data-end=\"2524\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2315\" data-end=\"2328\"\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/em\u003e received the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2342\" data-end=\"2404\"\u003eGolden Bear at the 1988 Berlin International Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e, a historic achievement that brought unprecedented international attention to the new generation of Chinese filmmakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2543\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2543\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2545\" data-end=\"2766\"\u003eThis extraordinary Japanese poster uses a bold graphic composition dominated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2625\" data-end=\"2655\"\u003eintense red and deep green\u003c\/strong\u003e, the two colours most closely associated with the film’s landscape, wine, fertility, violence, and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2768\" data-end=\"2971\"\u003eAcross the main field, dense rows of sorghum bend in the wind. 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