The Bird People in China (1998)
Chûgoku no chôjin
The children of the sky.
118 min
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
- June 10, 1998
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Kôji Endô
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Trailer
Cast
- Masahiro Motoki as Wada
- Renji Ishibashi as Ujiie
- Mako as Shen
- Li Li Wang as Yan, Si-chang
- Yûichi Minato
- Tomohiko Okuda
- Manzô Shinra
- Michiko Kichise
Crew
- Takashi Miike · Director
- Makoto Shiina · Writer
- Masa Nakamura · Writer
- Yasuhiko Furusato · Producer
- Toshiaki Nakazawa · Producer
- Seiha Ohji · Producer
- Kôji Endô · Composer
- Hideo Yamamoto · Cinematographer
- Yasushi Shimamura · Editor
- Keiko Mitsumatsu · Production designer