A poetic and beautiful "adult" fairy tale from Japanese wildman Takashi Miike. A business is assigned to visit a remote part of China to track down a rumored lode of high-quality jade. Accompanied by a small group of explorers, including a loud mouth Yakuza and a "hippie" who is to lead them to the Jade, they have difficulties finding the jade, but instead find a tribe of "bird people." The children, according to recent legend, had the ability to float among the nearby peaks on light wooden wings, but even the oldest of the children -- a blue-eyed Chinese girl -- carries the wings only as a symbol. They seem to have long since forgotten how to fly, if indeed they ever had. A very pleasant surprise from Miike showing us once again that you never know what he has hidden up his sleeves.
- NTSC All Region
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- English Subtitles
- Interview With Director, Takashi Miike
- Trailer
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