Postman (1995 film)

Postman
Traditional Chinese郵差
Simplified Chinese邮差
Hanyu PinyinYóuchāi
Directed byHe Jianjun
Written byHe Jianjun
You Ni
Produced byTian Yan
Shu Kei
StarringFeng Yuanzheng
Liang Danni
Pu Quanxin
Huang Xing
CinematographyWu Di
Edited byLiu Xiaojing
Music byOtomo Yoshihide
Release date
  • March 21, 1995 (1995-03-21) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
LanguageMandarin

Postman (Original title: Yóuchāi) is a 1995 Chinese Mandarin drama film directed by He Jianjun and produced by Tian Yan, Shu Kei. It is the story of a shy mailman played by Feng Yuanzheng who steals and reads the letters of people on his route. The film is considered part of China's sixth generation movement.

During the making of Postman the director faced a ban and managed to release the film abroad only after smuggling print outs out of the country and completing the film abroad.[1]

  1. ^ Berardinelli, James (1995). "Review:Postman (Youchai)". ReelReviews. Retrieved 21 October 2008.