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The Bird People in China

Takashi Miike

Japan1998 118min 35mm Color

Synopsis

A Yun Nan in China, a place untouched by all things modern, is a shangri-la frozen in time. Two unlikely travelers are in Yun Nan each with his own goal. Traveling on a succession of progressively primitive vehicles, they finally reach their destination. They soon find the jade they came for - a vein richer and rarer than their wildest expectations, but then they discover something even more precious.

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Takashi Miike

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1960. Takashi Miike is a graduate of the Yokohama Academy of Broadcasting and Film. He started his career under Shohei Imamura, Kazuo Kuroki. He made his feature debut it 1995 with . His film includes (1996), (1997), and (1999). Working in a wide span of genres from adolescent films to Yakuza movies fantasy stories His latest films are , and .