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The bird people in China = Chugoku no chojin.
The bird people in China = 中国の鳥人 Artsmagic ; directed by Takashi Miike ; screenplay, Masa Nakamura ; produced by Hiroyuki Tsuji, Norio Watanabe, Seiha Oji.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 039 058
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Businessmen--China--Drama.
- Businessmen.
- China.
- Genre:
- DVDs -- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 cm
- Other Title:
- Bird people of China
- Chugoku no chojin
- 中国の鳥人
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Artsmagic, ℗2004.
- Language Note:
- In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-video; NTSC, region 1; DVD-9; anamorphic widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound.
- Summary:
- Workaholic Tokyo salaryman Wada (Masashiro Motoki) ventures into deepest, darkest China to investigate a massive deposit of high-quality jade. Tailing him is Ujiie (Renji Ishibashi), a snarling yakuza hell-bent on getting Wada's company to repay its debts. Led by their unflappable guide, Shun (Mako), the two go through rural villages and striking landscapes, quickly leaving behind all signs of the 20th century. As the trail grows narrower and more remote and as they brave gales, bugs, and floods, the long simmering tension between Wada and Ujiie bursts into full-scale contempt. One night, after Shun gets blind drunk, he hits his head and loses his memory. Now completely lost, the trio stumbles upon a hill tribe, whose children are adorned with wings made from bamboo and paper. Their teacher, a blue-eyed woman named Yan (Li Li Wang), tells them that she is teaching them to fly. Wada quickly becomes obsessed with this curious local. After she tells him that she has a book on human-powered flight and that her grandfather was a downed British airman, he almost believes that she can teach her students to soar. Soon Wada feels purged from the evils of city life while Ujiie decides to dedicate his life to protecting the village.
- Participant:
- Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Makoto 'Mako' Iwamatsu, Li Li Wang.
- Credits:
- Directed by Takashi Miike.
- Notes:
- Based on a novel by Makoto Shiina.
- Special features: Exclusive interview with director; commentary with Tom Mes; original trailer; bios/filmographies; promotional material; previews; Annie Laurie.
- OCLC:
- 57727954
- Publisher Number:
- 881482001392
- ATU013 Artsmagic
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