The Bird People in China (1998)
- Original title
- 中国の鳥人
- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 88 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A salaryman and a yakuza go to a remote Chinese village to find a jade mine. There they encounter a schoolteacher and a strange bird cult.
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What happens
The Bird People in China (中国の鳥人, Chūgoku no chōjin) is a 1998 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Takashi Miike from a screenplay by his frequent collaborator Masa Nakamura. The film is considerably more mellow in tone compared to some of the director's more famous works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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