The Bird People in China poster

The Bird People in China( 1998)

TV-MAAdventureDrama
72%
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The children of the sky.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Masahiro Motoki

      Wada

    2. cast image

      Renji Ishibashi

      Ujiie

    3. cast image

      Mako

      Shen

    4. cast image

      Li Li Wang

      Si-chang Yan

    5. cast image

      Yūichi Minato

    6. cast image

      Tomohiko Okuda

    7. cast image

      Manzo Shinra

    8. cast image

      Michiko Kichise

    Social

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    A review by badelf

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    Written by badelf on Mon Dec 04 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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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book