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The Blue Kite is a 1993 drama film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion, 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.
Original Release
02/02/1994
US Release
03/25/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tian Yi | Tietou as an infant |
Wenyao Zhang | Tietou as a child |
Xiaoman Chen | Tietou as a teenager |
Liping Lü | Chen Shujuan |
Cunxin Pu | Lin Shaolong |
Ping Zong | Chen Shusheng |
Quanzhong Chu | Chen Shuyan |
Xiaoying Song | Sis |
Hong Zhang | Zhu Ying |
Yanjin Liu | Shujuan's mother |
Directors
Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Zhuang Shuang
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tian Yi | Tietou as an infant |
Wenyao Zhang | Tietou as a child |
Xiaoman Chen | Tietou as a teenager |
Liping Lü | Chen Shujuan |
Cunxin Pu | Lin Shaolong |
Ping Zong | Chen Shusheng |
Quanzhong Chu | Chen Shuyan |
Xiaoying Song | Sis |
Hong Zhang | Zhu Ying |
Yanjin Liu | Shujuan's mother |
Bin Li | Granny |
Lu Zhang | Mrs. Lan |
Donglin Guo | Lin Yunwei |
Shumin Wu | Street Committee Officer |
Fengyi Zhang | |
Min Xu | |
Ju Zhang | |
Jiali Ding | |
Gengchen Jiang | |
Jong Chen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yongping Cheng | Producer |
Guiping Luo | Producer |