Red Sorghum

Details

 * Title: 红高粱 / Hong Gao Liang
 * English title: Red Sorghum
 * Genre: Period, politics
 * Episodes: 60
 * Broadcast network: Shandong TV, Beijing TV, Zhejiang TV, Dragon TV
 * Broadcast period: 2014-Oct-27 to 2014-Nov-17
 * Theme song: Jiu'er (九儿) by Han Hong and Hu Sha Sha (胡莎莎)

Synopsis
In 1930s Shandong, Dai Jiulian marries into the Shan Family after believing that her first love Zhang Junjie had betrayed her. Labourer and later bandit Yu Zhan'ao took a liking to her, and eventually killed her dying husband and elderly father-in-law. She began a relationship with Yu Zhan'ao, and also had two children with him. With the help of winemaker Luo Han, Jiu'er slowly matures into a distillery owner making sorghum wine, while also helping the resistance fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Cast

 * Main Cast
 * Zhou Xun as Dai Jiulian / Jiu'er
 * Zhu Ya Wen as Yu Zhan'ao
 * Yu Rong Guang as Zhu Hao San
 * Qin Hai Lu as Shu Xian
 * Huang Xuan as Zhang Junjie


 * Supporting Cast
 * Song Jia Lun (宋佳伦) as Luo Han
 * Han Tong Sheng as Dai Lao San
 * Cao Zheng (曹征) as Yu Lang
 * Wang Lan (王澜) as Sun Da Jiao
 * Yang Mei (杨梅) as Lian'er
 * Lai Xi as Si Kui
 * Xu Guang Yu (徐光宇) as Hua Bo Zi
 * Jie Hui Qing (解惠清) as Ling'er
 * Wang Zi Jia (王子嘉) as Xiao Yan
 * Qin Yan as Hei Yan
 * Yi Zhao Bo (易照博) as Chen Ma Zi
 * Jiang Feng (姜峰) as Dai Da Ya
 * Wei Qing (苇青) as Si Kui's mother
 * Wang Zi Yi (王子伊) as Dai Da Ya's wife
 * Zhang Yi Qiang (张一强) as Xi Zi
 * Ryu Kohata as General Koji Tsukamoto

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Novel Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
 * Producer: Cao Ping (曹平)
 * Screenwriters: Zhao Dong Ling (赵冬苓), Guan Xiao Xiao (管笑笑), Pan Geng (潘耕), Gong Xiang Dong (巩向东)
 * Director: Zheng Xiao Long (郑晓龙)