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Title Statement | Riding alone for thousands of miles [DVD] / Sony Pictures Classics presents a Gilla Co. Ltd., Beijing New Picture Film Co., Ltd. and Elite Group (2004) Enterprises Inc. production ; produced by Xiu Jian, Zhang Weiping, Bill Kong ; directed by Zhang Yimou ; screenplay by Zou Jingzhi. |
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Additional Contributors | Zhang, Yi-Mou |
Takakura, Ken,1931- | |
Nakai, Kiichi,1961- | |
Terajima, Shinobu | |
Publication | Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 043396180543 |
Other Number | 1724868 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Widescreen version. Bilingual packaging (English/French) Special features include: making-of featurette. |
Performance Credits | Takakura Ken, Nakai Kiichi, Terajima Shinobu, Li Jiamin, Jiang Wen, Qiu Lin, Yang Zhenbo. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG. |
Languages | Chinese, French, and Portuguese language tracks with English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish language subtitles.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.In Chinese |
System Details | DVD 5.1 Dolby digital. |
Terms of Use | For home use only. |
Summary | An aging fisherman sets out to complete a documentary his estranged son, who is now gravely ill, was filming in rural China. 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 the fisherman thought he had lost a long time ago. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Fathers and sons--Fiction |
Parent and adult child--Fiction | |
Interpersonal conflict--Fiction | |
Documentary films--Fiction--Production and direction | |
Feature films | |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired | |
By Location | China--Fiction--Rural conditions |