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AdventureDrama

The Bird People in China

- The children of the sky.

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza, who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing.

Release Date : 1998-06-10

Language :MandarinEnglishJapanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Excellent FilmSedic

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Chûgoku no chôjin

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Character Name : Wada

Original Name : 本木雅弘

Gender : Male

Renji Ishibashi

Character Name : Ujiie

Original Name : 石橋蓮司

Gender : Male

Mako

Character Name : Shen

Original Name : Mako

Gender : Male

Li Li Wang

Character Name : Si-chang Yan

Original Name : Li Li Wang

Gender : Male

Yūichi Minato

Character Name :

Original Name : Yūichi Minato

Gender : Male

Tomohiko Okuda

Character Name :

Original Name : Tomohiko Okuda

Gender : Male

Manzō Shinra

Character Name :

Original Name : 森羅万象

Gender : Male

Michiko Kichise

Character Name :

Original Name : 吉瀬美智子

Gender : Female

Reviews

B

badelf

@badelf

2023-12-04

What a delightful and complete surprise coming out of Takashi Miike! The first part of the movie is hilarious. I was thinking it would look like this if Herzog and Kinski were accidentally cast as the two protagonists in a Takashi Yakuza movie! At the end, I decided that this film is very Fellini-esque. Sure, there's the obvious capitalist vs Nature struggle on the surface. But the story has something much deeper to say and it's been captured well by this team. And very much like Fellini, it's a deep look into human personal Weltanschauung.