King of the Children

Overview

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.

Release date

May 1, 1987

Rating

7 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 47 minutes

Genres

Drama

Cast

Xie Yuan
As Lao Gar
Xuewen Yang
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As Wang Fu
Shaohua Chen
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As Headmaster Chen
Caimei Zhang
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As Laidi
Xu Guoqing
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As Lao Hei
Gu Changwei
As Secretary Wu

Crew

Chen Kaige
Role: Director
Gu Changwei
Role: Director of Photography
He Jianjun
Role: Writer
Chen Kaige
Role: Writer
Zhong A-Cheng
Role: Novel
Wu Tianming
Role: Executive Producer
Miaomiao Liu
Role: Editor
Shaohua Chen
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Role: Production Designer
Shaohua Chen
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Role: Art Direction
Hong An
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Role: Makeup Artist
Qiang Xiaolu
Role: Assistant Director
Tao Jing
Role: Sound Designer
Miaomiao Liu
Role: Sound Editor
Gu Changning
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Role: Sound Supervisor
Qu Xiaosong
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Role: Original Music Composer
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Role: Original Music Composer