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.| Original Title: | 中国の鳥人 |
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| Status: | Released (1998-06-10) |
| Awards: | 4 wins & 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Makoto Shiina, Masa Nakamura |
| Productions: | Excellent Film, Sedic |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 普通话, 日本語, English |
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Casts
- 80863: Masahiro Motoki - Wada
- 63706: Renji Ishibashi - Ujiie
- 10134: Mako - Shen
- 130658: Li Li Wang - Si-chang Yan
- 130660: Yūichi Minato -
- 130661: Tomohiko Okuda -
- 130662: Manzō Shinra -
Crews
- 17282: Takashi Miike - Director - Directing
- 130657: Yasuhiko Furusato - Producer - Production
- 67078: Toshiaki Nakazawa - Producer - Production
- 35802: Yasushi Shimamura - Editor - Editing
- 1120758: Makoto Shiina - Novel - Writing
- 74860: Masaru Nakamura - Screenplay - Writing
- 1120759: Seiha Ohji - Producer - Production
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What a delightful and complete surprise coming out of Takashi Miike! The first part of the movie is hilarious. I was thinking it would look like this if Herzog and Kinski were accidentally cast as the two protagonists in a Takashi Yakuza movie! At the end, I decided that this film ....
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