Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

Qian li zou dan qi, feature film, drama, China, Hong Kong, Japan, 2005

DIRECTED BY: Yimou Zhang

Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

CAST:
Ken Takakura (Gouichi Takata),
Shinobu Terajima (Rie Takata),
Kiichi Nakai (Kenichi Takata),
Jiamin Li (Li Jiamin),
Jiang Wen (Jasmine)

SCRIPT:
Jingzhi Zou

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Xiaoding Zhao

MUSIC:
Wenjing Guo

EDITING:
Long Cheng

Synopsis:
Gouichi Takata is an elderly Japanese man who has been living in the fishing village where he moved after his wife passed away. He learns from his daughter-in-law Rie that his son Kenichi is in a hospital and tries to visit him. Kenichi is still offended that father abandoned him after his mother’s death and refuses to see him. Rie gives Gouichi a tape with a documentary that Kenichi started to make. Realizing that his son might soon die, Gouichi decides to finish the film and thus earn his son’s forgiveness.

color, 107'

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