The Blue Kite (1994)
February 2, 1994Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Tian Yi
Tietou as an infant
Wenyao Zhang
Tietou as a child
Xiaoman Chen
Tietou as a teenager
Lü Liping
Chen Shujuan
Pu Cunxin
Lin Shaolong
Hung Poon
Lin Shaolong
Li Xuejian
Li Guodong (Uncle Li)
Hong Zhang
Zhu Ying
Baochang Guo
3rd husband
Guo Baochang
3rd husband
Chu Shuanzhong
Chen Shuyan
Ping Zong
Chen Shusheng
Quanzhong Chu
Chen Shuyan
Song Xiaoying
Sis
Liu Yanjin
Shujuan's Mother
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Director
Li Bin
Granny
Xiao Mao
Writer
Guo Donglin
Lin Yunwei
Yoshihide Otomo
Composer
Zhang Lu
Mrs. Lan
Hou Yong
Cinematographer
Shumin Wu
Street Committee Officer
Lengleng Qian
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 2, 1994
Original Name蓝风筝
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
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This Movie Is About.
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The Blue Kite (simplified Chinese: 蓝风筝; traditional Chinese: 藍風箏; pinyin: Lán fēngzheng) is a 1993 drama film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion (along with a ten-year ban on filmmaking imposed on Tian), the film soon found a receptive international audience. Along with Zhang Yimou's To Live and Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine, The Blue Kite serves as one of the quintessential examples of China's Fifth Generation filmmaking, and in particular reveals the impact the various political movements, including Anti-Rightist Movement and Cultural Revolution, had upon directors who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.
The film won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival, both in 1993.