The Left Behind Daughters Trilogy: The Films of Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka
This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Brandon Schaefer) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.
KimStim is a Brooklyn based, full-service distribution company dedicated to the release of exceptional independent, foreign, and documentary film. Founded in 2000 by Mika Kimoto and Ian Stimler, KimStim brings to US and North American audiences selected films from around the world gleaned from the most prestigious film festivals and include top prize winners from Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, and Tribeca.
Spanning more than a decade, this quietly radical trilogy from husband-and-wife filmmakers Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka powerfully examines the plight of young women in China through three intimately observed coming-of-age storiesâEgg and Stone, The Foolish Bird, and Stonewalling. While each film is a stand-alone feature starring Yao Honggui, taken together, they offer a rare and unvarnished portrait of growing up under the weight of family, gender, and social expectation in a rapidly changing China.
From the hidden traumas of rural girlhood to the silent compromises of adolescence, and finally to the stark realities of early adulthood set against the backdrop of Chinaâs hyper-competitive, TikTok-influenced urban gig economy, the trilogy explores how survival increasingly depends on oneâs willingness to navigate a world where everythingâincluding education, work, relationships, and even pregnancyâis treated as a transaction. With unflinching realism and a deep undercurrent of empathy, Huang and Otsuka chart the uneasy intersection of personal agency and systemic pressure in a society undergoing relentless change. A landmark of feminist cinemaâintimate, unsparing, and profoundly human.
directed by: Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka
starring: Yao Honggui, Xiao Pingao, Liu Xiaoling, Huang Yixiang, Liqiao Xiao, Fang Yao, Huang Ji, Huang Zifan, Liu Long, Huang Xiaoxiong, Xiao Zilong
2012, 2017, 2022 / 369 min (combined) / 1.85:1, 2.35:1 / Mandarin, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Additional info:
- 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
- Trailers for all three films
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Ryan Swen
- English subtitles
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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Brandon Schaefer) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.
KimStim is a Brooklyn based, full-service distribution company dedicated to the release of exceptional independent, foreign, and documentary film. Founded in 2000 by Mika Kimoto and Ian Stimler, KimStim brings to US and North American audiences selected films from around the world gleaned from the most prestigious film festivals and include top prize winners from Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, and Tribeca.
Spanning more than a decade, this quietly radical trilogy from husband-and-wife filmmakers Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka powerfully examines the plight of young women in China through three intimately observed coming-of-age storiesâEgg and Stone, The Foolish Bird, and Stonewalling. While each film is a stand-alone feature starring Yao Honggui, taken together, they offer a rare and unvarnished portrait of growing up under the weight of family, gender, and social expectation in a rapidly changing China.
From the hidden traumas of rural girlhood to the silent compromises of adolescence, and finally to the stark realities of early adulthood set against the backdrop of Chinaâs hyper-competitive, TikTok-influenced urban gig economy, the trilogy explores how survival increasingly depends on oneâs willingness to navigate a world where everythingâincluding education, work, relationships, and even pregnancyâis treated as a transaction. With unflinching realism and a deep undercurrent of empathy, Huang and Otsuka chart the uneasy intersection of personal agency and systemic pressure in a society undergoing relentless change. A landmark of feminist cinemaâintimate, unsparing, and profoundly human.
directed by: Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka
starring: Yao Honggui, Xiao Pingao, Liu Xiaoling, Huang Yixiang, Liqiao Xiao, Fang Yao, Huang Ji, Huang Zifan, Liu Long, Huang Xiaoxiong, Xiao Zilong
2012, 2017, 2022 / 369 min (combined) / 1.85:1, 2.35:1 / Mandarin, English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Additional info:
- 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
- Trailers for all three films
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Ryan Swen
- English subtitles
