Movie
The Bird People in China
1998 · 118 min
A meandering, gently strange journey that drifts from grubby travelogue to quiet fable, leaving a soft ache of wonder.
- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Comedy
- Starring
- Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako
- Tagline
- 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.
- How it feels
- Whimsical, warm, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Exploration, identity, isolation, trauma
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Comedy
- Starring
- Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako
