Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles DVD

Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles DVD

Production Year: 2006 - Drama - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: Parental Guidance more

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Ken Takakura (THE YAKUZA) gives a career-redefining performance as an old fisherman in RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES. Estranged from his son for many years, Gou-ichi...
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For the first time in years aging fisherman Takata Gou-ichi boards a bullet train to Tokyo ... more
when he learns his estranged son is gravely ill.
But at the hospital his son refuses to see him.
Daughter-in-law Rie urges Takata to watch a
videotape of a documentary his son was filming in
rural China. Moved by what he sees Takata vows to
complete his son's work. Though laden with
obstacles his odyssey into the heart of China and
the kinship he develops with a fatherless boy and
the villagers who care for him recaptures a sense
of family he thought he had lost a long time ago.
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Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles DVD

Main specs

Actor(s): Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Jiang Wen, Shinobu Terajima, Qiu Lin

Director(s): Yimou Zhang

Genre: Drama

Classification: Parental Guidance

Production Year: 2006

Consumer Advice: Contains emotional intensity

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: China

Plot: Estranged from his son for many years, Gou-ichi receives an unexpected call from his daughter-in-law Rie asking him to come to Tokyo to visit his son, Ken-ichi, who is in the hospital suffering from a stomach ailment. Determined to reunite them, Rie gives Gou-ichi a videotape of an article Ken-ichi wrote about Li Jiamin, a Chinese folk opera master. Ken-ichi had promised Li that he would come back and film him performing the opera RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES. Gou-ichi makes it his mission to travel to southern China, find Li, and film the performance himself.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Languages

Main Language: Mandarin

Dubbed Language: Spanish, Mandarin

Subtitle Language: English, Icelandic, Dutch, Finnish, Romanian, Danish, Hebrew, Greek, Spanish, Hindi, Czech, Norwegian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Polish

Hearing Impaired Language: English

Technical information

Special Features: Making of documentary

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish

DVD Description

Ken Takakura (THE YAKUZA) gives a career-redefining performance as an old fisherman in RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES. Estranged from his son for many years, Gou-ichi (Takakura) receives an unexpected call from his daughter-in-law, Rie (Shinobu Terajima), asking him to come to Tokyo to visit his son, Ken-ichi (Kiichi Nakai), who is in the hospital suffering from a stomach ailment. Gou-ichi decides to make the trip against his better judgment, but when he arrives, his son refuses to see him as he is still bearing the scars of the unspoken reasons why they were torn apart. Determined to reunite them, Rie gives Gou-ichi a videotape of an article Ken-ichi wrote about Li Jiamin, a Chinese folk opera master from Yunnan Province. Ken-ichi had promised Li that he would come back and film him performing RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES, an opera based on one of the stories in the literary classic ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS; Gou-ichi makes it his mission to travel to southern China, find Li, and film the performance himself. With the help of tour guides Lingo (Qiu Lin) and Jasmine (Jiang Wen), Gou-ichi takes off to the great unknown, trying to do right by the son who still appears to hate him.
Takakura plays the old man with a quiet, dignified demeanor, moving slowly and barely speaking at all. Zhang Yimou (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, RAISE THE RED LANTERN) directs the film simply and beautifully, allowing the fascinating characters and compelling story to develop at a natural, alluring pace. This very different kind of road picture is sincere and emotional, with a playful sense of humour.

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