

The Blue Kite
1994-02-02 · 141 min · ★ 7.2
A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
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- Directors
- Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Production companies
- Beijing Film Studio, Chu Eyetos & Co., Longwick Film
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lü LipingChen Shujuan
Pu CunxinLin Shaolong
Li XuejianUncle Li
Ping ZongChen Shusheng
Hong ZhangZhu Ying
Chu ShuanzhongChen Shuyan
Song XiaoyingSis
Liu YanjinShujuan's Mother
Li BinGranny
Guo DonglinLin Yunwei
Zhang LuMrs. Lan
Zhang Fengyi话剧男演员
Ding Jiali校长
Lü Zhong蓝太太
Guo Baochang吴雷生
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