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7.3A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
Released: 1994-02-02141 minDir: Tian ZhuangzhuangDrama
Cast
- Tian Yi as Infant Tietou
- Wenyao Zhang as Young Tietou
- Xiaoman Chen as Teenage Tietou
- Lü Liping as Chen Shujuan
- Pu Cunxin as Lin Shaolong
- Li Xuejian as Uncle Li
Themes
- china
- labor camp
- prison camp
- 1950s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
3,491 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Awards
- 12 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Depicts
- Cultural Revolution
- Director
- Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Composer
- Otomo Yoshihide
- Cinematographer
- Hou Yong
- Narrative location
- Beijing
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 202788
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-09-12
- nominated for
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 8/10
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Categories
1993 drama films1993 films1993 Hong Kong films1993 Mandarin-language filmsChinese drama filmsFilms about communismFilms about the Cultural RevolutionFilms critical of communismFilms directed by Tian ZhuangzhuangFilms scored by Otomo YoshihideFilms set in BeijingFilms set in the 1950sFilms set in the 1960sHong Kong drama filmsPolitical drama filmsRotten Tomatoes ID different from WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date