almost fairy-tale quality of its images and the shocking suddenness of its violence, that Hollywood in its sophistication has lost." Awards 38th Berlin International Film Festival, 1988 Golden Bear Award Hundred Flowers Awards, 1988 Best Feature Golden Rooster Awards, 1988 Best Feature Best Cinematography - Gu Changwei Best Sound Best Music - Zhao Jiping Best Director - Zhang Yimou (nominated) Best Actor - Jiang Wen (nominated) Best Art Direction - Yang Gang (nominated) Zimbabwe International Film Festival, 1988 Best Picture Best Director - Zhang Yimou Best Artistic Achievement Sydney Film Festival, 1988 Film Critics Award Brussels International Film Festival, 1989 Belgian French Radio Young Jury Award for Best Picture Montreal World Film Festival, 1989 Silver Panda Hong Kong International Film Festival, 1989 Top Ten Chinese Language Films German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award, 1990 Annual Award Cuba Film Festival, 1990 Best Feature Film Accolades Time Out 100 Best Chinese Mainland Films – #12 See also List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Chinese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Further reading Mo Yan. Red Sorghum: A Novel of China. . References External links Red Sorghum at the Chinese Movie Database 1987 films 1987 romantic drama films 1980s historical films 1980s war films Chinese romantic drama films Chinese historical films Chinese war drama films Films based on Chinese novels Films directed by Zhang Yimou Films set in the 1930s Films set in Shandong Golden Bear winners Golden Rooster Best Film recipients 1980s Mandarin-language films Second Sino-Japanese War films Chinese historical romance films 1987 directorial debut films