Ben Niao
The Foolish Bird

Yao Honggui
Ben Niao | The Foolish Bird by Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
CHN 2017, Generation
© Yellow-Green Pi・Coolie Films

Yao Honggui
Ben Niao | The Foolish Bird by Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
CHN 2017, Generation
© Yellow-Green Pi・Coolie Films

Ben Niao | The Foolish Bird by Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
CHN 2017, Generation
© Yellow-Green Pi・Coolie Films
With
- Yao Honggui (Lynn)
- Xiao Liqiao (Dawei)
- Yao Fang (May)
- Huang Zifan (Lynn's Gradfather)
- Yan Shixiang (Lynn's Grandmother)
- Liu Xiaoling (Lynn's Mother)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka |
Cinematography | Ryuji Otsuka |
Editing | Liao Chingsung |
Music | Lim Giong |
Sound | Wang Changrui |
Producers | Hsu Hsiaoming, Ruby Chen, Ryuji Otsuka |
Co-Producers | Lee Yuting, Miao Qijia |
Produced by
Coolie Films Corporation
Yellow-Green Pi
Huang Ji

Born in Hunan province, China in 1984, she studied screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy before making her first documentary Underground in 2005. Her short film The Warmth of Orange Peel screened in the Berlinale Generation programme in 2010. Her debut feature film Egg and Stone, which she made exclusively with non-professional actors in her hometown, premiered at Rotterdam where it won the Hivos Tiger Award. Her documentary Trace screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2013.
Filmography
2005 Dixia (Underground) 2010 Juzipi de wendu (The Warmth of Orange Peel) 2012 Jidan he shitou (Egg and Stone) 2013 Henji (Trace) 2017 Ben niao (The Foolish Bird)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017
Ryuji Otsuka

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1972, he began his career making documentaries for Japanese television. In 2005 he relocated to China where he began making his own films. His feature film debut Lingling’s Garden won the Audience Award at the Cologne Chinese Film Festival. He has also worked as a cinematographer on films including The Warmth of Orange Peel and Egg and Stone by Huang Ji, with whom he co-directed the documentary Trace. He subsequently made his first documentary as a solo director and, in 2015, participated in Berlinale Talents.
Filmography
2009 Lingling de huayuan (Lingling's Garden) 2013 Henji (Trace) 2014 Beijing Mayi (Beijing Ants) 2017 Ben Niao (The Foolish Bird)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017