Boat People

Boat People

Boat People

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Boat People

1982

1h 49m

7.6(56 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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10 members

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林子祥

Shiomi Akutagawa

林子祥

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Season Ma

Cam Nuong

Season Ma

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繆騫人

Nguyen's Mistress

繆騫人

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劉德華

To Minh

劉德華

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Tung-Sheng Chang

Doctor

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Qi Mengshi

Comrade Nguyen

Qi Mengshi

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Jialing Hao

Cam Nuong's Mother

Jialing Hao

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Jia Meiying

Le Van Quyen

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Lin Shujing

Comrade Wu

Lin Shujing

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Tao Lin

Leader of Team 16

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