| Red Sorghum | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | War drama Period |
| Based on | Red Sorghum by Mo Yan |
| Written by | Zhao Dongling |
| Directed by | Zheng Xiaolong |
| Starring | Zhou Xun Zhu Yawen Huang Xuan Yu Rongguang Qin Hailu |
| Ending theme | Jiu'er (九兒) by Han Hong & Hu Shasha |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Cao Ping |
| Production companies | Shandong TV Qingdao Golden Phoenix Film & Television Culture Company Flower Film & TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | Beijing TV Shandong TV Zhejiang TV Dragon TV |
| Release | 27 October – 17 November 2014 |
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Red Sorghum (Chinese: 红高粱; pinyin: Hóng Gāoliang) is a 2014 Chinese television series based on Nobel laureate Mo Yan's 1986 novel of the same name. Directed by Zheng Xiaolong, it also features the highly anticipated return of actress Zhou Xun to television after 10 years.[1] The series chronicles the struggles of the protagonist Jiu'er (played by Zhou) in rural Shandong province in early 1930s.[2][3] It aired simultaneously on four satellite television channels from 27 October to 17 November 2014 for 60 episodes.
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