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The Foolish Bird

7.020171h 56mMovieDrama

Lynn lives with her grandparents in Meicheng, a small Hunanese city unsettled by an ongoing rape-murder investigation. With little structure to regulate her life outside of school, where she is bullied, Lynn begins smuggling and reselling…

DirectorsRyuji Otsuka·Huang Ji
WritersHuang Ji·Ryuji Otsuka
ProducersRyuji Otsuka·Hsu Hsiao-Ming

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Cast · Directed by Ryuji Otsuka

YHYao Honggui
Yao Honggui
Lynn Lin
LX
Liqiao Xiao
Dawei
FY
Fang Yao
May
HJHuang Ji
Huang Ji
HZ
Huang Zifan
Lynn's Grandfather
YS
Yan Shixiang
Lynn's Grandmother
LX
Liu Xiaoling
Lynn's Mother
WX
Wei Xincai
Lynn's Teacher
HW
Huang Weiliang
Hair Salon Boss
WM
Wang Manling
Mannie
LY
Liu Yang
Fatty
PN
Peng Na
Peng Na

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