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Boat people = Tou ben nu hai
Title
Boat people = Tou ben nu hai / directed by Ann Hui.
投奔怒海 = Boat people / director, Ann Hui ; written by Chiu Kang-Chien ; produced by Hsia Meng.
ISBN
9781681439143
168143914X
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (26 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm).
Notes
Originally released in 1982.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features:New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Ann Hui; New conversation between Hui and filmmaker Stanley Kwan, who was the movie's assistant director; Keep Rolling, a 2020 documentary about Hui by Mam Lim-chung, Hui's longtime production designer and art director; As Time Goes By, a 1997 documentary and self-portrait by Hui, produced by Peggy Chiao; Press conference from the 1983 Cannes International Film Festival; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; Essays by film critic Justin Chang and scholar Vinh Nguyen.
Director of photography, Wong Chung-Gei ; editor, Kin Kin ; music, Law Wing-Fai.
Cantonese and Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
"One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country's seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a teenage girl (Season Ma) and her destitute family, however, he begins to discover what the government doesn't want him to see: the brutal, often shocking reality of life in a country where political repression and poverty have forced many to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Transcending polemic, renowned director Ann Hui takes a deeply humanistic approach to a harrowing and urgent subject with searing contemporary resonance"--Container.
Variant and related titles
Tou ben nu hai
Boat people
Tau ban no hoi
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Chinese; Japanese
Added to Catalog
March 07, 2022
Series
Criterion collection ; 1113
Credits
Director of photography, Wong Chung-Gei ; editor, Kin Kin ; music, Law Wing-Fai.
Cast
George Lam, Season Ma, Cora Miao, Andy Lau, Hao Jia-Ling, Qi Meng-Shi, Jia Mei-Ying, Lin Shu-Jin, Guo Jun-yY, Wu Shu-Jun, Cheung Tung-Sing.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby monaural.
Audience
Rating: R.
Videorecording number
CC3332D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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