In the movie Red Sorghum, the actor of Dou Guan.

People who have seen the movie "Red Sorghum" may still remember such a plot in the film: it is an 8-year-old child who plays "My Dad" Xiaodouguan. After the sacrifice of "My Grandma", Xiao Dou Guan stood in the red sorghum field and shouted to the sky: "Mother, mother, go to the southwest, wide roads, long treasure boats, shiny horses, full of travelling expenses" and other words to see off the dead relatives, in order to comfort the dead in the spirit of heaven. 1987 On the afternoon of August 23rd, I happened to meet the whole process of filming this drama when I was interviewing in the location of Xiashan reservoir area.

The little actor named Liu Ji, who plays Xiao Dou Guan, is a second-grade student of Anbali Village Primary School in Xi 'an. According to Liu Zhigang, Xiao Liuji's father, it was a lucky thing that Liu Ji was selected into the cast of Red Sorghum, but it took a lot of trouble to choose a small actor as an actor. During that time, Fengliang Yang, the deputy director, and Juiping Cao, the artist, found a little actor to play My Dad in Xi 'an. They found a dozen people in many places, but they were not ideal. Later, the son of the deputy director of the Municipal Grain Bureau was selected in the primary election, but it was still not ideal after testing. At this time, Juiping Cao said to Fengliang Yang, "Let's go to our alma mater and have a look", and he came to Bali Village Primary School. After repeatedly searching and selecting among more than 300 students in Grade One and Grade Two, Deputy Director Yang chose Xiao Liuji, explained and discussed with the school and parents, and then took him from school to Xiying Factory by bus. He and director Zhang Yimou conducted various tests on him, and found that Xiao Liuji had the basic conditions to play the title of Xiao Dou from the aspects of temperament and expression, action performance and inspiration. So it was officially decided that Liu Ji would play the role of Xiao Dou Guan. In this way, 8-year-old Xiao Liuji unexpectedly became an important role (the fourth role in the film) in the annual key film Red Sorghum of Xiyingchang 1987.