The Blue Kite

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The Blue Kite
Release poster
Traditional Chinese	藍風箏
Simplified Chinese	蓝风筝
Hanyu Pinyin	Lán fēngzheng
Directed by	Tian Zhuangzhuang
Written by	Mao Xiao
Produced by	Yongping Chen Guiping Luo
Starring	Lü Liping Pu Quanxin Chen Xiaoman Li Xuejian Guo Baochang
Cinematography	Hou Yong
Edited by	Qian Lengleng
Music by	Otomo Yoshihide
Production companies	Beijing Film Studio Longwick Film
Distributed by	Kino International
Release date	12 September 1993 (1993-09-12) (Toronto)
Running time	140 minutes
Countries	China Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The Blue Kite (simplified Chinese: 蓝风筝; traditional Chinese: 藍風箏; pinyin: Lán fēngzheng) is a 1993 drama film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion (along with a ten-year ban on filmmaking imposed on Tian),^[1] the film soon found a receptive international audience. Along with Zhang Yimou's To Live and Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine, The Blue Kite serves as one of the quintessential examples of China's Fifth Generation filmmaking, and in particular reveals the impact the various political movements, including Anti-Rightist Movement and Cultural Revolution, had upon directors who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.

The film won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival, both in 1993.