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The Bird People in China
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The Bird People in China

The children of the sky.
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User Score89 ratings
TMDB 7.216+19981h 58mJapanese
AdventureDramaComedy

Synopsis

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.

Director
Takashi MiikeFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Excellent Film2 production companies
Release
June 10, 1998Released
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Top Cast

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Masahiro Motoki
Masahiro Motoki
Wada
Renji Ishibashi
Renji Ishibashi
Ujiie
Mako
Mako
Shen
Li Li Wang
Si-chang Yan
Yūichi Minato
Yūichi Minato
Tomohiko Okuda
Manzo Shinra
Manzo Shinra
Michiko Kichise
Michiko Kichise

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Reviews

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badelf
Dec 4, 2023

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.

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