Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles is a 2005 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows an elderly Japanese man's emotional journey to fulfill his estranged son's documentary project in rural China.
All labels observed (1)
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| Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4459889 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Context triple: [Zhang Yimou, notableWork, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles]
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A.
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere is a 1993 country song by Dwight Yoakam known for its melancholic lyrics and atmospheric, Bakersfield-influenced sound.
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B.
What I Learned Out on the Road
"What I Learned Out on the Road" is a song featured on the country music album *Cocky* by Kid Rock.
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C.
The Loneliest Road in America
The Loneliest Road in America is a famously remote and sparsely populated stretch of U.S. Route 50 that crosses Nevada, known for its vast desert landscapes and minimal services.
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D.
Mountains of Heaven
Mountains of Heaven is a poetic name often associated with lofty, majestic mountain ranges that evoke a sense of divine or celestial grandeur.
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E.
Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical travel sketches by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, chronicling his journeys and spiritual searching across America and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Target entity description: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles is a 2005 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows an elderly Japanese man's emotional journey to fulfill his estranged son's documentary project in rural China.
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A.
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere is a 1993 country song by Dwight Yoakam known for its melancholic lyrics and atmospheric, Bakersfield-influenced sound.
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B.
What I Learned Out on the Road
"What I Learned Out on the Road" is a song featured on the country music album *Cocky* by Kid Rock.
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C.
The Loneliest Road in America
The Loneliest Road in America is a famously remote and sparsely populated stretch of U.S. Route 50 that crosses Nevada, known for its vast desert landscapes and minimal services.
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D.
Mountains of Heaven
Mountains of Heaven is a poetic name often associated with lofty, majestic mountain ranges that evoke a sense of divine or celestial grandeur.
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E.
Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical travel sketches by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, chronicling his journeys and spiritual searching across America and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| ageRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Zhao Xiaoding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| director | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
China Film Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Meng Peicong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Yunnan, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasChineseTitle | 千里走单骑 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0439572 ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | 千里走单骑 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Gouichi Takata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | traditional Chinese story of a long journey for a friend ⓘ |
| mainCharacterNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| musicBy | Kagawa Shigeru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | emotional journey of an elderly father ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Japanese
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elderly Japanese man travels to rural China to complete his estranged son’s documentary project. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | China Film Group Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseCountry |
China
NERFINISHED
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2005-12-22 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Zhang Yimou
NERFINISHED
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Zou Jingzhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural China ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Ken Takakura
NERFINISHED
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Kiichi Nakai NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Jiamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinobu Terajima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Peking opera
NERFINISHED
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documentary filmmaking ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural understanding
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father–son relationship ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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