Qian li zou dan qi (2005)

Réalisateurs:

Yimou Zhang
Yasuo Furuhata (co-director: Japan)

Scénaristes:

Bin Wang (story)
Yimou Zhang (story)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

22 décembre 2005 (China)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a famous folk-opera star.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | China | Japanese | Cancer | Village

Récompenses:

4 wins & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

The Movie Did Not Connect With Me At All

Ensemble

Ken Takakura	...	Gou-ichi Takata
Shinobu Terajima	...	Rie Takata
Kiichi Nakai	...	Ken-ichi Takata (voice)
Ken Nakamoto	...	Electrician
Jiamin Li	...	Li Jiamin
Jiang Wen	...	Jasmine
Lin Qiu	...	Lingo
Li Bin Li	...	Director (as Bin Li)
Ziliang Chen	...	Warden Chen
Zhezhou He	...	Village Chief
Zhenbo Yang	...	Yang Yang

Réalisé par
Yimou Zhang
Yasuo Furuhata		(co-director: Japan)

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Bin Wang		story
Yimou Zhang		story
Jingzhi Zou		screenplay
Jingzhi Zou		story

Produit par
William Kong	....	producer (as Bill Kong)
Jian Xiu	....	producer
Weiping Zhang	....	producer
Yimou Zhang	....	producer
Zhenyan Zhang	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Wenjing Guo

Image
Xiaoding Zhao		(director of photography)

Montage
Long Cheng

Création des décors
Li Sun

Maquillage
Mitsue Sato	....	makeup artist: Japan
Fumi Takeshita	....	hair stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan
Fumi Takeshita	....	makeup artist: Ms. Terajima, Japan
Xiaoxi Yu	....	assistant makeup artist

Directeur de production
George Awburn	....	supervising editor: Digital Pictures
Tianhui Ge	....	production manager
Xinming Huang	....	assistant unit manager
Takahiro Kawada	....	production manager: Japan
Atsuo Kikuchi	....	unit manager: Japan
Jane Maguire	....	post-production supervisor
Akira Morishige	....	unit manager: Japan
Lun Pu	....	production manager
Kerri Schwarze	....	post-production supervisor: Complete Post
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	unit manager: Japan (as Kenichi Yamada)

Assistant réalisateur
Lulu Fu	....	assistant director
Yasuo Furuhata	....	director: Japan
Toshimasa Miyamura	....	assistant director: Japan
Ellen Wei	....	assistant director
Xiguo Wu	....	assistant director

Département Art
Zhongshan Guo	....	assistant art director
Zhongquan Hu	....	set dresser
Yasuo Kashima	....	assistant set dresser: Japan
Chieko Kashiyama	....	assistant art director: Japan
Mu Ke	....	property master (as Ke Mu)
Minglai Li	....	assistant set dresser
Yuping Liu	....	props assistant
Yukiharu Seshimo	....	assistant art director: Japan
Taichi Utsunomiya	....	props assistant: Japan
Takaichi Wakamatsu	....	production design: Japan
Geming Wang	....	assistant set dresser
Wenyi Wang	....	props assistant
Takeshi Yanagisawa	....	props assistant: Japan
Min Yang	....	props assistant
Shuping Yao	....	set dresser
Quanrong Yu	....	assistant set dresser
Chaochen Zhang	....	assistant set dresser
Lisen Zhang	....	assistant set dresser

Technicien du son
Cao Huijun	....	location sound assistant (as Huijin Cao)
Qianqian Ke	....	foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Takashi Kuno	....	sound assistant: Japan
Jing Li	....	sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Xu Liu	....	location sound assistant
Huija Mo	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Jiajia Mok	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Neil	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia
Zeliang Niu	....	location sound assistant
Paul Pirola	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia
Paul Pirola	....	sound mixer: Soundfirm Australia
Teiichi Saitô	....	sound designer: Japan
Roger Savage	....	sound supervisor: Soundfirm Australia
Ye Shu	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Blair Slater	....	foley artist: Soundfirm Australia
Jing Tao	....	sound designer
Jing Tao	....	supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Hoa Tu	....	foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Terry Tu	....	foley artist
Mario Vaccaro	....	foley artist: Soundfirm Australia
Yuhong Wang	....	supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
He Wei	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Wei He)
Zhida Wei	....	sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Jing Xiao	....	second sound assistant
Jing Xiao	....	sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Fan Xie	....	sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Masahito Yano	....	sound assistant: Japan
Hui Zhang	....	sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
Zhigang Zhang	....	first sound assistant

Visual Effects
Clayton Bell	....	digital data management: Digital Pictures
Terence Cheng	....	3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited
Bessie Cheuk	....	visual effects controller: Asia Legend Limited
Manny Espino	....	digital technical director: Digital Pictures
Fiona Fry	....	digital intermediate producer: Digital Pictures
Ron Korpi	....	digital data systems: Digital Pictures
Ringo Lee	....	3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited
Eric Leung	....	3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited
Leo Lo	....	visual effects producer: Asia Legend Limited
Florian Martin	....	consulting digital technical director: Digital Pictures (as Florian 'Utsi' Martin)
Ross Mitchell	....	optical effects: Cinevex Film Laboratories
Peter Peric	....	digital technical assessment: Digital Pictures
Graeme Pitt	....	digital data supervisor: Digital Pictures
Tony Poriazis	....	film recording supervisor: Digital Pictures
Sarah Robertson	....	image repair and negative dirt removal: Digital Pictures
Henny Van Teyfingen	....	digital technical support: Digital Pictures
Lisa Ying	....	3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited
Donald Yip	....	3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited

Caméra et Département Electrique
Hajime Baba	....	assistant camera: Japan
Xiaoyan Bai	....	still photographer
Jinxiang Cao	....	electrician
Junfei Cao	....	electrician
Yuan Chen	....	generator operator
Hikaru Chikamatsu	....	electrician: Japan
Liang Cui	....	camera assistant
Hiroyuki Futami	....	coordinator: lighting equipment, Japan
Shiyi Gao	....	assistant electrician: Japan
Wei Jia	....	grip
Tsuyoshi Kage	....	electrician: Japan
Hongying Kang	....	electrician
Keiji Kato	....	electrician: Japan
Takayuki Kawabe	....	electrician: Japan
Daisaku Kimura	....	director of photography: Japan
Takumi Kobayashi	....	electrician: Japan
Yuan Liang	....	grip
Shigeru Ohki	....	still photographer: Japan
An Ran	....	digital video assist operator (as Ran An)
Kaoru Saito	....	gaffer: Japan
Muneyoshi Sajaue	....	assistant camera: Japan
Xueyuan Shi	....	generator operator
Dehua Song	....	assistant camera
Mingliang Sun	....	electrician
Tsutomu Takada	....	assistant camera: Japan
Yu Wang	....	electrician
Ze Xie	....	assistant camera
Ou Xu	....	lighting designer
Kosuke Yamada	....	assistant camera: Japan
Qianbin Yang	....	video assist operator
Cunhua Zhang	....	electrician
Cunyou Zhang	....	electrician
Nan Zhang	....	camera assistant
Chuncheng Zhao	....	camera assistant
Xianwen Zhao	....	camera assistant
Xianzhang Zhao	....	electrician

Département Casting
Hoei Project	....	extras casting: Japan (as Project Hoei)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Jin-Hua Gu	....	costumer
Tomoko Suzuki	....	stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan
Kyoko Takahashi	....	costumer: Japan
Jianghong Zhou	....	assistant costumer

Dpartement Editorial
Ian Anderson	....	laboratory post-production manager: Cineves Film Laboratories
Billy Browne	....	editing assistant: Australia
Paul Cross	....	negative matching supervisor: Cinevex Film Laboratories
Kerry Dibbs	....	post-production assistant
Franco Diciero	....	negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories
John Fleming	....	digital intermediate project manager: Digital Pictures
Ling Geng	....	post-production coordinator
Alan Hansen	....	digital grader
Adrian Hauser	....	senior colorist: Complete Post
Akimasa Kawashima	....	editor: Japan
Rachel Knowles	....	digital intermediate coordinator: Digital Pictures
Eugene Leonello	....	negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories
Stanley Lopuszanski	....	colorist: Digital Pictures
Leigh Segal	....	post-production facilities manager: Complete Post
Chieko Suzaki	....	assistant editor: Japan
Caroline Whiteley	....	color grader
Ligen Zhao	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Wei Chen	....	musician: percussion
Ross Cockle	....	score remix engineer: opening and closing titles
Ya Dai	....	musician: flute
Sida Guo	....	musician: midi
Xiaopei Li	....	music recordist
Fei Song	....	musician: zhong hu
Sha Yuan	....	musician: string
Quansheng Zhang	....	musician: ma tou qin
Jiazhen Zhao	....	musician: gu qin

Département Transport
Masanobu Amemiya	....	transportation: production, Japan
Koji Sekiguchi	....	transportation chief: Japan
Mitsunobu Tono	....	transportation: cast, Japan

Divers
Lesley Aitkin	....	script services: post-production
Tom Alper	....	insurance: Speare and Company
Jia Cui	....	assistant to director
Yexin Fan	....	catering assistant
Howard Frumes	....	legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes
Pamela Hammond	....	client liaison: Digital Pictures
Katsuko Hatayama	....	production assistant: Japan
Zhihua Hou	....	assistant to director
Wenrui Jia	....	caterer
Xiaowei Kang	....	accountant
Tomoko Katahara	....	production assistant: Japan
Emi Kawano	....	script supervisor: Japan (as Emi Kawano)
Gao Ke	....	production assistant (as Ke Gao)
Shiro Kido	....	talent manager
Takahiro Komura	....	assistant to director: Japan
Mingna Liu	....	accountant
Yinghui Li	....	assistant to director
Chris Lu	....	subtitles: English
Dan Lu	....	script supervisor
Sasha Luo	....	documentary filmmaker
Atsushi Naito	....	legal services: Aoyama Law Offices
Youko Nakagawa	....	translator: Japanese script
Kaoru Nakamura	....	production coordinator: Japan
Guanghe Ni	....	second production assistant
Liwei Pang	....	assistant to director
Li'an Qin	....	interpreter
Toshifumi Shimizu	....	assistant to director: Japan
Zhao Shufen	....	accountant (as Shufen Zhao)
Shuo Tian	....	production interpreter
Zhaojun Tian	....	accountant
Bin Wang	....	story consultant
Jianguo Wang	....	second production assistant
Gang Xu	....	location production assistant
Xiaoshun Xu	....	production assistant
Cloudy Yang	....	translator: English script
Li Yanlong	....	catering assistant (as Yanlong Li)
Alice Yeung	....	production coordinator
Yefei Yin	....	interpreter
Xiangchun Zeng	....	location production assistant
Jihu Zhang	....	catering assistant
Jingsheng Zhang	....	chief interpreter
Jingsheng Zhang	....	subtitles: Japanese
Xuemei Zhang	....	accountant
Darian Zhao	....	second production assistant
Ping Zhou	....	physical therapist
Jiajun Zhu	....	second production assistant
Renqiao Zuo	....	location production assistant

Companies de production

• Beijing New Picture Film Co.
• China Film Co-Production Corporation (in collaboration with)
• EDKO Film
• Elite Group Entertainment
• Gilla Company
• Toho Company
• Zhang Yimou Studio

Distributeurs

• Cathay-Keris Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Toho Company (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Axiom Films (2006) (UK) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Asia Legend (digital visual effects)
• Optical & Graphics (graphics and subtitles)

Autres Companies

• Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes  legal services
• Aoyama Sogo Law Office  legal services (as Aoyama Law Offices)
• Atlab  film scanning and recording bureau
• Beijing Century Movie & Film Co.  film stock supplied by
• China National Symphony Orchestra  orchestra
• Cinerent  camera and lighting equipment supplied by
• Cinevek Film Laboratories  film processing and post laboratory (as Cinevex Film Laboratories)
• Complete Post  telecine transfers
• Digital Pictures  digital intermediate services
• Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.  sound post-production
• Soundfirm  sound post-production
• Speare & Company  insurance
• Toho Pictures Inc.  production services: Japan

Autre(s) titre(s):

Riding Alone (International: English title) (informal short title)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (USA) (new title)
Tanki, senri o hashiru. (Japan)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Durée:

107 min

Pays:

Hong Kong | China | Japan

Langue:

Mandarin | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | South Korea:Tous | Iceland:L

Lieux de tournage:

Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

Société:

Beijing New Picture Film Co.

Anecdotes:

The scenes filmed in Japan were directed by Yasuo Furuhata. He has had a long successful collaboration with lead actor Ken Takakura.

Goofs:

Continuité: In the village scene Mr. Takata has to move to the highest location to make a phone call. In the following scene however he can receive phone calls while at a banquet in the lower part of the village.

The Movie Did Not Connect With Me At All

To be brutally honest, I have to confess that I spent a good part of this movie struggling not to succumb to the temptation to fall asleep. Director Yimou Zhang makes a deliberate attempt to tug on the viewers' heart strings with "Riding Alone" but aside from a handful of scenes near the end of the movie (particularly those that portrayed the relationship between Takata and Yang Yang) I can't say that I found myself especially moved. The story is about a Japanese man (Takata) whose son (Rie) is gravely ill in a Tokyo hospital. The two have been estranged for years and when Takata visits Rie in the hospital, Rie refuses to see him. Takata, however, takes home a video given to him by Rie's wife, which gives Takata a greater understanding of his son's dreams, and compels him to travel to Yunnan Province in China to fulfil one of those dreams. For whatever reason, this movie just didn't make a connection with me. The scenes set inside the Chinese prison particularly struck me as being very unlikely. I have difficulty believing that conditions in that environment would be so welcoming to a foreigner and so apparently comfortable for the inmates.The last half hour or so wasn't bad but I have to say that I had a lot of difficulty making it that far. 2/10