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'