Jiang Wen, Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai
A Japanese man travels to China with his dying son to learn the local opera of Yunnan Province.
DVD Release Date: February 6, 2007
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Flixster Reviews (374)
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January 20, 2008Just to start off, let's call this the little Asian film that thinks it can. Certainly it does, and it almost succeeds (and does succeed on some levels), and it's awful pretty looking along the way, but it lacks a certain something. In this it reminds me of another recent Asian f...( read more)
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May 20, 2007Zhang Yimou has always been an unsually and amazingly versatile film maker. From martial arts marks like Hero and House of Flying Daggers to some of the greatest dramas the 90's gave us, such as The Road Home, Lifetimes or Raise the Red Lantern,...( read more)
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October 10, 20068/10
Much like Akira Kurosawa did in 1952 with the classic Ikiru, Yimou Zhang takes a brake in between samurai epics to make a much less complicated film, focusing on a simple story with complex characters.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles is the story of Gou-ichi Takata a ...( read more) -
October 28, 2007I'm still trying to figure out, WHY. Why what you ask, why I continue to watch this bloody movie, I mean theres no blood in the movie, just an expression, Guy wandering around trying to do good for his dying son, but tends to piss people off
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October 22, 2009If you are familiar to Asian Movies, you ll enjoy this one. If not you ll really have a tough time to follow the plot.
LOL I read a user wrote:I'm still trying to figure out, WHY. Why what you ask, why I continue to watch this bloody movie, I mean theres no blood ...( read more) -
October 14, 2009While the story was not perfect, there were many good things about the movie. And although not exclusive to the Japanese culture (but is as common if not more in the Japanese culture) the story is about a family which fell apart after the mother died, the father and son not speak...( read more)
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February 2, 2009ALMOST A MASTERPIECE.
THE explanation with Voice over destroys the cinematic scenes.
Its very sad film indeed.....
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December 18, 2008it cant compare to Yimou Zhangs other movies, but its pretty decent, a bit to slow paced but its allright, a bit predicteble...
Critic Reviews
October 30, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 8, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The film is simple bordering on sentimental bordering on sloppy, yet it's kept in artistic check by the vast backdrops of China's remote Yunnan province and by Takakura's nearly wordless performance. full review
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