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Boat People (1982)

Overview

Drama

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.

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woman directorphotographyvietnamphotojournalismvietnamese womanhong kong new waveland mine finderssafe passage bribes
Ann Hui

Director

Ann Hui

ReleasedOct 13, 1982
Runtime1h 49m
StatusReleased
Revenue$2.0M
Bluebird Movie Enterprises

Top Cast

George Lam Tsz-Cheung

George Lam Tsz-Cheung

Shiomi Akutagawa

Season Ma

Season Ma

Cam Nuong

Cora Miao

Cora Miao

Nguyen's Mistress

Andy Lau

Andy Lau

To Minh

Qi Mengshi

Qi Mengshi

Comrade Nguyen

Jialing Hao

Jialing Hao

Cam Nuong's Mother

Lin Shujing

Lin Shujing

Comrade Wu

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Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from Vietnam poster

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1981

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