King of the Children
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1987-05-01 • 1h 47m
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.
- Directors
- Chen Kaige
- Writters
- Chen Kaige, He Jianjun
- Editors
- Chen Kaige, Miaomiao Liu
King of the Children
Visit website1987-05-01 • 1h 47m
7.0/10 • 22
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.
- Directors
- Chen Kaige
- Writters
- Chen Kaige, He Jianjun
- Editors
- Chen Kaige, Miaomiao Liu
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Xie Yuan
Lao Gar
Xuewen Yang
Wang Fu
Shaohua Chen
Headmaster Chen
Caimei Zhang
Laidi
Guoqing Xu
Lao Hei
Gu Changwei
Secretary Wu
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