"Red Sorghum" has a movie version and a TV version, these two versions of the pre-plot is basically the same, the final ending of the nine children died, but the plot is different.
The ending of the TV versionIn the sorghum field, Jiu'er uses her song to lure the Japanese to a field with piles of thirty miles of red. Jiu'er breaks the wine jar and pours all the wine into the sorghum field. Ghosts surrounded Jiu'er and shot at her. Before she fell, Jiu'er threw a match into the wine and ended up dying with the ghosts.
Synopsis
Nineteen-year-old Jiu'er is betrothed by her money-grubbing father to Shan Bian Lang, a leper. Yu Zhanyao has several encounters with Jiu'er and then slowly falls in love with her. He accidentally killed the Shan family's father and son. Later, Jiu'er and Yu Zhan'ao embarked on a love affair that was not recognized by the townspeople, and not only did they have two children, but in the end, Yu Zhan'ao was led by Jiu'er onto the path of revolution.......
The TV series finale shows that Yu Zhan'ao's troop was killed and wounded after several battles, and he told Junjie to take the rest of his men to first He asked Junjie to take the rest of his men to withdraw first and cover everyone by himself. As the Japanese army was approaching, everyone was fighting with the Japanese, and then Zhu Haosan came to reinforce and rescue Yu Zhanyao and others. Zhu Haosan in the end in order to cover the Yu Zhanao their retreat finally ran out of ammunition, pulled the body of the explosives and the Japanese with the death.
On the way to retreat, Jiu'er hugged the wounded Zhanyao and hoped that he would wake up soon. The Japanese are ready to hunt down Yu Zhanao want to completely eliminate him, in order to protect this fighting force, Jiu'er is ready to lead away the enemy, the heart already has a plan. Before she leaves, she returns the straw ring to Junjie, hoping that he will always stay by Yu Zhanyao's side and take him to the right path. Later, after Jiu'er kissed and instructed Douguan, she quietly left the group.
In the sorghum field Jiu'er lured the Japanese with her poignant song. She broke the wine jar and poured all the wine on the sorghum field. The Japanese surrounded her and shot at her. Before she fell, Jiu'er threw a match into the wine and finally died with the Japanese.
The TV series "Red Sorghum" is adapted from Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum Family," directed by Zheng Xiaolong and starring Zhou Xun, Zhu Yawen, Huang Xuan and Qin Hailu. Red Sorghum" won Zheng Xiaolong the "Best Director of China's Top 100 TV Dramas" award. The drama also won the 2014 National Drama Ceremony Top Ten TV Drama Award, the 21st Shanghai Television Festival Magnolia Award for Best TV Drama Nomination, the 17th Huading Award for National Audience's Favorite TV Drama Work, the 30th Chinese TV Drama Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding TV Drama Nomination, and a number of other honors.
Film Version EndingThe ending of the movie version of Red Sorghum Jiu'er is a different scenario, Jiu'er carries out the eighteen miles of red brewed by Uncle Luohan back in the day for the fellows to drink to make them fight against the devils with high morale. Then, she picks a good meal to treat Yu Zhanyao and other group of people, but was killed by the ghosts with machine guns. Later Yu Zhanao and the group holding fire cans of earth mines rushed to the Japanese military vehicles, the last scene is Yu Zhanao pulling his son's hand struggling to come to Jiuer's body ......
The movie version of the "Red Sorghum" film is adapted from Mo Yan's novel of the same name, is a war literature film produced by the Xi'an Film Studio, directed by Zhang Yimou. The film, based on Mo Yan's novel, was produced by Xi'an Film Studio, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jiang Wen, Gong Li and Teng Rujun, and was released in China in 1987. 1988, the film won the Golden Bear at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, making it the first Asian film to win the award.
Personal Afterthoughts
The whole storyline is particularly good, with anger, passion and emotion. The anger is that Jiu'er's fate is in someone else's hands, marrying a leper. The passion is that the relationship between Jiu'er and Yu Zhan'ao adds a lot of color to the whole film. The emotion is that Jiuzi's such a thin body, but there is a big energy, and finally led the bandit Yu Zhanao to the path of revolution.
While the love between them is not recognized, the ending of the whole drama is really so nice, the fight against fate and the final sacrifice are all singable~