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The Blue Kite (1994)

A history untold, a memory unfolds.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 20M

Director : Tian Zhuangzhuang

Synopsis

The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Actors

Tian Yi
Tian Yi
Infant Tietou
Wenyao Zhang
Wenyao Zhang
Young Tietou
Xiaoman Chen
Xiaoman Chen
Teenage Tietou
Lü Liping
Lü Liping
Chen Shujuan
Cunxin Pu
Cunxin Pu
Lin Shaolong
Li Xue Jian
Li Xue Jian
Uncle Li
Ping Zong
Ping Zong
Chen Shusheng
Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Zhu Ying
Quanzhong Chu
Quanzhong Chu
Chen Shuyan
Song Xiaoying
Song Xiaoying
Sis
Liu Yanjin
Liu Yanjin
Shujuan's Mother
Li Bin
Li Bin
Granny
Guo Donglin
Guo Donglin
Lin Yunwei
Zhang Lu
Zhang Lu
Mrs. Lan
Shumin Wu
Shumin Wu
Street Committee Officer

Crews

Tian Zhuangzhuang
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Director
Otomo Yoshihide
Otomo Yoshihide
Music
Hou Yong
Hou Yong
Director of Photography
Cui Jiajun
Cui Jiajun
Writer
Lengleng Qian
Lengleng Qian
Editor

Trailers and other movies

青い凧  ( 蓝风筝 The Blue Kite ) プロモ
THE BLUE KITE Excerpt

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