Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles
Qian li zou dan qi, feature film, drama, China, Hong Kong, Japan, 2005
DIRECTED BY: Yimou Zhang
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'