Riding alone for thousands of miles, Beijing New Pictures Film Co. ; EDKO Film Ltd. ; Elite Group Entertainment ; Gilla Company ; Toho Company ; Zhang Yimou Studio ; produced by Yimou Zhang ; written by Yimou Zhang, Jingzhi Zou ; directed by Zhang Yimou
Type
Label
Riding alone for thousands of miles, Beijing New Pictures Film Co. ; EDKO Film Ltd. ; Elite Group Entertainment ; Gilla Company ; Toho Company ; Zhang Yimou Studio ; produced by Yimou Zhang ; written by Yimou Zhang, Jingzhi Zou ; directed by Zhang Yimou
Language
chi
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG; for mild thematic elements
Main title
Riding alone for thousands of miles
Oclc number
76956361
Responsibility statement
Beijing New Pictures Film Co. ; EDKO Film Ltd. ; Elite Group Entertainment ; Gilla Company ; Toho Company ; Zhang Yimou Studio ; produced by Yimou Zhang ; written by Yimou Zhang, Jingzhi Zou ; directed by Zhang Yimou
Runtime
109
Summary
Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to go to China and complete his son's work in part to develop an understanding of his son, and in part to do something for him. Once in China a series of obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Qian li zou dan qi
Classification
Contributor
- Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si
- Gilla Company
- Ziliang, Chen
- Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
- Terajima, Shinobu, 1972-
- Jiang, Wen, 1963-
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Li, Bin Li
- Zhang, Yimou
- Edko Films
- Zhang Yimou Studio (Firm)
- Zhezhou, He
- Jiamin, Li
- Elite Group Entertainment (Firm)
- Nakai, Kiichi, 1961-
- Lin, Qiu
- Takakura, Ken, 1931-2014
- Zhenbo, Yang
- Jingzhi, Zou
- Nakamoto, Ken
Genre
Subject
- Cancer + Patients -- Japan -- Drama
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Documentary films -- China -- Yunnan Sheng -- Drama
- Foreign films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Feature films
- Self-perception -- Drama
- Yunnan Sheng (China) -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Fathers and sons -- Japan -- Drama
- Videodiscs
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor20
- Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si
- Gilla Company
- Ziliang, Chen
- Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
- Terajima, Shinobu, 1972-
- Jiang, Wen, 1963-
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Li, Bin Li
- Zhang, Yimou
- Edko Films
- Zhang Yimou Studio (Firm)
- Zhezhou, He
- Jiamin, Li
- Elite Group Entertainment (Firm)
- Nakai, Kiichi, 1961-
- Lin, Qiu
- Takakura, Ken, 1931-2014
- Zhenbo, Yang
- Jingzhi, Zou
- Nakamoto, Ken
- Genre5
- Subject12
- Cancer + Patients -- Japan -- Drama
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Documentary films -- China -- Yunnan Sheng -- Drama
- Foreign films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Feature films
- Self-perception -- Drama
- Yunnan Sheng (China) -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Fathers and sons -- Japan -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Content1
- Mapped to1