Opened: September 1, 2006
Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.
Rated: PG
Cast: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai
Genre: ArtHouse/Foreign, Drama
Synopsis:
Upon learning his estranged son (Kiichi Nakai) has cancer, a Japanese fisherman (Ken Takakura) travels to Tokyo to see him. Though his son rejects him, the fisherman decides to finish the dying man's project: capturing a famous Chinese opera star's performance on film. However, the singer cannot perform, for he is too grief-stricken at his separation from his illegitimate son. The fisherman decides to reunite the singer and the child and sets out to find him.
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Fandango Fan Meter by
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles has received an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 from 24 Fandango fans that have seen this movie.
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9% of 132 Fandango fans have indicated that they "Can't Wait" to see Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles and 91% "Don't Care" about this movie.
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RIDING ALONE: Subtlely Beautiful Masterwork by lugubriousthespian
Zhang Yimou's deceptively simple story of a father desperately attempting to make ammends with his estranged son is simply one of the most...more