Watch 123Movies. Set in the late 1950s, after Japan's devastating occupation in China, RED GRASS SAND is an involving look at one man's need for power. The film begins in 1941, when Commander Dor, of the Chinese Army, collects donations from his people and decides to keep the donations and burying them at Red Beach. He returns 15 years later with plans of returning to power, only to find its current inhabitants to be more than a little hostile.