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Boat People

Boat People

Part of Vietnam Trilogy

1982•1h 49m•7.6/10
Drama

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7.6/10(58)

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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Production

Bluebird Movie Enterprises

Language

CN

Status

Released

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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

Tung-Sheng Chang

Doctor

Qi Mengshi

Qi Mengshi

Comrade Nguyen

Jialing Hao

Jialing Hao

Cam Nuong's Mother

Jia Meiying

Le Van Quyen

Lin Shujing

Lin Shujing

Comrade Wu

Tao Lin

Leader of Team 16

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