Synopsis
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.
Boat People (1982) is a 1h 49min drama feature film by Ann Hui. A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and doc...
Key facts
Cast
George Lam Tsz-cheung, Season Ma, Cora Miao, Andy Lau, Tung-Sheng Chang, Qi Mengshi, Jialing Hao, Jia Meiying
Original language
Cantonese
First release
October 13, 1982 (Hong Kong)
Production companies
Bluebird Film Company
Awards
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
Setting
Vietnam
Crew
Screenplay
Chiu Kang-Chien
Producer
Hsia Meng
Cinematography
Wong Chung-Gei
Editing
Kin Kin
Music
Hako Yamasaki, Law Wing-Fai
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Golden Horse Film Festival 2022 generic
- New York Asian Film Festival 2021 generic - Retrospective
- Hong Kong Film Awards 1983 generic
- National Board of Review 1983 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 1982 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Hong Kong | October 13, 1982 |
| Theatrical | United States | November 13, 1983 |
| Theatrical | France | November 23, 1983 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Germany | November 4, 2022 |
Full credits
| Director | Ann Hui |
| Cast | George Lam Tsz-cheung (Shiomi Akutagawa), Season Ma (Cam Nuong), Cora Miao (Nguyen's Mistress), Andy Lau (To Minh), Tung-Sheng Chang (Doctor), Qi Mengshi (Comrade Nguyen), Jialing Hao (Cam Nuong's Mother), Jia Meiying (Le Van Quyen), Lin Shujing (Comrade Wu), Tao Lin (Leader of Team 16) |
| Screenplay | Chiu Kang-Chien |
| Producer | Hsia Meng |
| Cinematography | Wong Chung-Gei |
| Editing | Kin Kin |
| Music | Hako Yamasaki, Law Wing-Fai |
Additional data: TMDB.
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