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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese film
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
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
Japan NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2005-12-22
releaseEvent premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival
releaseYear 2005
runtimeMinutes 107
screenwriter Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED
Zou Jingzhi NERFINISHED
setting rural China
starredActor Ken Takakura NERFINISHED
Kiichi Nakai NERFINISHED
Li Jiamin NERFINISHED
Shinobu Terajima NERFINISHED
subjectMatter Peking opera NERFINISHED
documentary filmmaking
theme cross-cultural understanding
father–son relationship
reconciliation
titleLanguage English

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Zhang Yimou notableWork Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles