Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
Qian li zou dan qi (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 47min
- Drama
- 22 Dec 2005 (China)
- Movie
A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.
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Awards:
- 6 wins & 10 nominations.
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Cast
| Ken Takakura | ... |
Gôichi Takata
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| Shinobu Terajima | ... |
Rie Takata
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| Kiichi Nakai | ... |
Kenichi Takata (voice)
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Ken Nakamoto | ... |
Electrician
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Jiamin Li | ... |
Li Jiamin
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Jiang Wen | ... |
Jasmine
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Lin Qiu | ... |
Lingo
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Li Bin Li | ... |
Director Li
(as Bin Li)
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Ziliang Chen | ... |
Warden Chen
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Zezhou He | ... |
Village Chief
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Zhenbo Yang | ... |
Yang Yang
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Directed by
| Yimou Zhang | ||
Written by
| Yimou Zhang | ... | (story) and |
| Jingzhi Zou | ... | (story) and |
| Bin Wang | ... | (story) |
| Jingzhi Zou | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| William Kong | ... | producer (as Bill Kong) |
| Jian Xiu | ... | producer |
| Weiping Zhang | ... | producer |
| Yimou Zhang | ... | producer |
| Zhenyan Zhang | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Wenjing Guo | ||
Cinematography by
| Xiaoding Zhao | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Long Cheng | ||
Editorial Department
| Lesley Aitkin | ... | script services: post-production |
| 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 |
| Pinghu Gu | ... | dv editor / on-set editor |
| Al Hansen | ... | digital colorist |
| 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 |
Production Design by
| Li Sun | ||
Makeup Department
| Mitsue Sato | ... | makeup artist: Japan |
| Fumi Takeshita | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan / makeup artist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
| Xiaoxi Yu | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
| 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 |
| William Kong | ... | production manager |
| 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) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Lulu Fu | ... | assistant director |
| Yasuo Furuhata | ... | director: Japan |
| Toshimasa Miyamura | ... | assistant director: Japan |
| Ellen Wei | ... | assistant director |
| Xiguo Wu | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Zhongshan Guo | ... | assistant art director |
| Zhongquan Hu | ... | set dresser |
| Yasuo Kashima | ... | assistant set dresser: Japan |
| Chieko Kashiyama | ... | assistant art director: Japan |
| Minglai Li | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Yuping Liu | ... | props assistant |
| Ke Mu | ... | property master |
| 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 |
Sound Department
| Sona Balam | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Huijun Cao | ... | location sound assistant (as Huijin Cao) |
| Wei He | ... | sound effects editor |
| 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 |
| Huijia Mo | ... | sound effects editor / sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Jiajia Mok) |
| Andy Neil | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia (as Andrew Neil) |
| Zeliang Niu | ... | location sound assistant |
| Paul Pirola | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia / 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 / 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 |
| Rainbow Wang | ... | supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Yuhong Wang) |
| Zhida Wei | ... | sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Jing Xiao | ... | second sound assistant / 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 by
| 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 |
| Kwok-Shing Lo | ... | visual effects producer: Asia Legend Limited (as Leo Lo) |
| 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 |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ran An | ... | digital video assist operator |
| 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 Katô | ... | electrician: Japan (as Keiji Kato) |
| Takayuki Kawabe | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Daisaku Kimura | ... | director of photography: Japan |
| Takumi Kobayashi | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Yuan Liang | ... | grip |
| Shigeru Ohki | ... | still photographer: Japan |
| Kaoru Saitô | ... | gaffer: Japan |
| Muneyoshi Sajaue | ... | assistant camera: Japan (as Muneyoshi Sakaue) |
| 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 |
Casting Department
| Hoei Project | ... | extras casting: Japan (as Project Hoei) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Jin-Hua Gu | ... | costumer (as Jinhua Gu) |
| Tomoko Suzuki | ... | stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
| Kyoko Takahashi | ... | costumer: Japan |
| Jianghong Zhou | ... | assistant costumer |
Location Management
| Gang Xu | ... | location production assistant |
| Xiangchun Zeng | ... | location production assistant |
| Renqiao Zuo | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
| Wei Chen | ... | musician: percussion |
| Ross Cockle | ... | music remix engineer: Soundfirm Australia / 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 |
Script and Continuity Department
| Dan Lu | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Masanobu Amemiya | ... | transportation: production, Japan |
| Koji Sekiguchi | ... | transportation chief: Japan |
| Mitsunobu Tono | ... | transportation: cast, Japan |
Additional Crew
| Tom Alper | ... | insurance: Speare and Company |
| Jia Cui | ... | assistant to director |
| Zhao Danian | ... | second production assistant |
| Yexin Fan | ... | catering assistant |
| Howard Frumes | ... | legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes |
| Ke Gao | ... | production assistant |
| 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) |
| Shirô Kido | ... | talent manager: Japan |
| Takahiro Komura | ... | assistant to director: Japan |
| Yanlong Li | ... | catering assistant |
| Yinghui Li | ... | assistant to director |
| Mingna Liu | ... | accountant |
| Chris Lu | ... | subtitles: English |
| Shasha 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 |
| Shuo Tian | ... | production interpreter |
| Zhaojun Tian | ... | accountant |
| Bin Wang | ... | story consultant |
| Jianguo Wang | ... | second production assistant |
| Xiaoshun Xu | ... | production assistant |
| Cloudy Yang | ... | translator: English script |
| Alice Yeung | ... | production coordinator |
| Yefei Yin | ... | interpreter |
| Jihu Zhang | ... | catering assistant |
| Jingsheng Zhang | ... | chief interpreter / subtitles: Japanese |
| Xuemei Zhang | ... | accountant |
| Shufen Zhao | ... | accountant |
| Ping Zhou | ... | physical therapist |
| Jiajun Zhu | ... | second production assistant |
Production Companies
- China Film Co-Production Corporation (in collaboration with)
- Edko Films
- Elite Group Entertainment
- Gilla Company
- Toho
- Xin Huamian Film
- Zhang Yimou Studio
Distributors
- Cathay-Keris Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Mikado Film (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2006) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Toho (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Axiom Films (2006) (United Kingdom)
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina)
- LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2009) (Japan) (tv)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2012) (Japan) (tv)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Toho Video (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Asia Legend (digital visual effects)
- Optical & Graphics (graphics and subtitles)
Other Companies
- Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes (legal services)
- All Nippon Airways Co. (special thanks)
- Aoyama Sogo Law Office (legal services)
- 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)
- Complete Post (telecine transfers)
- Digital Pictures (digital intermediate services)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound mix)
- Soundfirm (sound post-production)
- Soundfirm, Beijing (sound post-production)
- Speare & Company (insurance)
- Toho Pictures (production services: Japan)
- Toho (production service)
Storyline
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In a village of fishermen in Japan, Takata misses his son Kenichi, to whom he has been estranged for many years. When his daughter-in-law Rie tells him that Kenichi is sick in the hospital, she suggests Takata to come to Tokyo to visit his son in the hospital where he would have the chance to retie the relationship. However, Kenichi refuses to receive his father in his room, and Rie gives a videotape to Takata to know about the work of his son. Once at home, Takata sees a documentary in the remote village Lijiang, in the province of Younnan, about the passion of Kenichi, the Chinese opera, where the lead singer Li Jiamin promises to sing an important folk opera on the next year. When Rie calls Takata to tell that her husband has a terminal liver cancer, Takata decides to travel to Lijiang to shoot Li Jiamin singing the opera to give to Kenichi. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Box Office
| Budget | $7,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The scenes filmed in Japan were directed by Yasuo Furuhata. He has had a long successful collaboration with lead actor Ken Takakura. See more » |
| Goofs | 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. See more » |