The Blue Kite
Feb 02, 1994 | IMDB 7.2
141 min Watch NowDrama
A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
Drama
A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
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