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Lan feng zheng (1993)
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Overview
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Writer:
Xiao Mao (writer)
Release Date:
25 March 1994 (USA)
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Plot:
On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. A year later their son, nicknamed Tietou (Iron Head)...
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A great movie with a great actress
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tian Yi | ... | Tietou as an infant | |
| Wenyao Zhang | ... | Tietou as a child | |
| Xiaoman Chen | ... | Tietou as a teenager | |
| Liping Lü | ... | Chen Shujuan | |
| Quanxin Pu | ... | Lin Shaolong | |
| Xuejian Li | ... | Li Guodong (Uncle Li) | |
| Baochang Guo | ... | 3rd husband | |
| Ping Zong | ... | Chen Shusheng | |
| Quanzhong Chu | ... | Chen Shuyan | |
| Xiaoying Song | ... | Sis | |
| Hong Zhang | ... | Zhu Ying | |
| Yanjin Liu | ... | Shujuan's mother | |
| Bin Li | ... | Granny | |
| Zhang Lu | ... | Mrs. Lan | |
| Donglin Guo | ... | Lin Yunwei |
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The Blue Kite
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UK:138 min | USA:140 min
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When it became clear at some point during production that the Chinese government would ban this film, the producers smuggled the negative to Japan, completed post production there and sold the rights worldwide. Peking was not amused, and in consequence, director Zhuangzhuang Tian was not allowed to work for several years.
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This movie is great. It ends a bit abruptly but it is still a great movie. It sums up the way of life in China up until that part in a very poignant touching way without overdramatizing. I give it a ten. The sad part is that it was banned in china, only for telling the truth.