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The Bird People in China

The children of the sky.

7.2(92)19981h 58m2

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.

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Released
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Language
Japanese
  • based on novel or book

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical20 May 1999
  • FranceFR

    • Physical16 Nov 2004
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical10 Jun 1998

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The Bird People in China was released on 10 June 1998.

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  • B

    badelf

    12/4/2023

    9/10

    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 …

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