Qian li zou dan qi

Name: Qian li zou dan qi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005-12-22
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Ken Nakamoto, Jiamin Li

IMDb ID: tt0437447 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.3 (5,733 votes)

Genres: Drama

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

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Canada: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
Germany: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (DVD Title)
United Kingdom: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Ireland: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
India: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
New Zealand: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
United States: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
World-wide: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
South Africa: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (English)
Sweden: Att rida ensam i tusen mil
Portugal: Caminho Solitário
Germany: Der einsame Tausendmeilenritt
Vietnam: Đồng Hành Vạn Dặm
Greece: Kalpazontas monos hiliades milia (DVD Title)
Spain: La búsqueda
Spain: La Búsqueda (DVD Title)
Hungary: Lelki vándorúton
Italy: Mille miglia... lontano
Denmark: Min lange rejse
Norway: Min reise gjennom Kina
World-wide: Riding Alone (English, informal short title)
France: Riding alone - Pour un fils
Japan: Tanki, senri o hashiru.
Turkey: Tek Başına Binlerce Mil (Turkish)
Poland: Tysiące mil samotności
Brazil: Um Longo Caminho
Argentina: Un largo y doloroso camino
Croatia: Usamljeno putovanje od tisuću kilometara
Finland: Viimeinen toive (TV Title)
Greece: Καλπάζοντας μόνος χιλιάδες μίλια
Bulgaria: Дългото пътуване (Bulgarian)
Russia: Путь в тысячу миль
Taiwan: 千里走單騎
Japan: 単騎、千里を走る。 (Japanese)
Riding AloneContent RatingPGRelease Date2005-12-22Runtime107 minutesMetascore73IMDb Popularity0User Reviews61Critic Reviews69Countries / RegionsChina
Japan
Hong KongLanguagesMandarin
JapaneseKeywordsfather
son
boy rear nudity
hospital
chinaFilming LocationsLijiang, Yunnan, ChinaProduction CompaniesChina Film Co-Production Corporation
Edko Films
Elite Group EntertainmentOfficial SitesOfficial site (Japan) - http://www.tanki-senri.com/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437447/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0437447.jpgUpdated At2025-03-31T17:21:21

Directors

Yimou Zhang

Writers

Yimou Zhang
Jingzhi Zou
Bin Wang

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Ken Takakura | Character: Gôichi Takata
Actor: Shinobu Terajima | Character: Rie Takata
Actor: Kiichi Nakai | Character: Kenichi Takata
Actor: Ken Nakamoto | Character: Electrician
Actor: Jiamin Li | Character: Li Jiamin
Actor: Jiang Wen | Character: Jasmine
Actor: Lin Qiu | Character: Lingo
Actor: Li Bin Li | Character: Director Li
Actor: Ziliang Chen | Character: Warden Chen
Actor: Zezhou He | Character: Village Chief
Actor: Zhenbo Yang | Character: Yang Yang

[Directors Group]
Name: Yimou Zhang | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Yimou Zhang | Role: Writer
Name: Jingzhi Zou | Role: Writer
Name: Bin Wang | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Bill Kong | Role: Producer
Name: Jian Xiu | Role: Producer
Name: Weiping Zhang | Role: Producer
Name: Yimou Zhang | Role: Producer
Name: Zhenyan Zhang | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Wenjing Guo | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Xiaoding Zhao | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Long Cheng | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Li Sun | Role: Production Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Mitsue Satô | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Fumi Takeshita | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Xiaoxi Yu | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: George Awburn | Role: Production Manager
Name: Tianhui Ge | Role: Production Manager
Name: Xinming Huang | Role: Production Manager
Name: Takahiro Kawada | Role: Production Manager
Name: Atsuo Kikuchi | Role: Production Manager
Name: Bill Kong | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jane Maguire | Role: Production Manager
Name: Akira Morishige | Role: Production Manager
Name: Lun Pu | Role: Production Manager
Name: Kerri Schwarze | Role: Production Manager
Name: Ken'ichi Yamada | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Lulu Fu | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Yasuo Furuhata | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Toshimasa Miyamura | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Ellen Wei | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Xiguo Wu | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Zhongshan Guo | Role: Art Department
Name: Zhongquan Hu | Role: Art Department
Name: Yasuo Kashima | Role: Art Department
Name: Chieko Kashiyama | Role: Art Department
Name: Minglai Li | Role: Art Department
Name: Yukiharu Seshimo | Role: Art Department
Name: Takaichi Wakamatsu | Role: Art Department
Name: Geming Wang | Role: Art Department
Name: Shuping Yao | Role: Art Department
Name: Quanrong Yu | Role: Art Department
Name: Chaochen Zhang | Role: Art Department
Name: Lisen Zhang | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Sona Balamm | Role: Sound Department
Name: Huijun Cao | Role: Sound Department
Name: Wei He | Role: Sound Department
Name: Qianqian Ke | Role: Sound Department
Name: Takashi Kuno | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jing Li | Role: Sound Department
Name: Xu Liu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Huijia Mo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Andy Neil | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zeliang Niu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Paul Pirola | Role: Sound Department
Name: Teiichi Saitô | Role: Sound Department
Name: Roger Savage | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ye Shu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Blair Slater | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jing Tao | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hoa Tu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Terry Tu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mario Vaccaro | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rainbow Wang | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zhida Wei | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jing Xiao | Role: Sound Department
Name: Fan Xie | Role: Sound Department
Name: Masahito Yano | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hui Zhang | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zhigang Zhang | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Clayton Bell | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Terence Cheng | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Bessie Cheuk | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Manny Espino | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ron Korpi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ringo Lee | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Eric Leung | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kwok-Shing Lo | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Florian Martin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ross Mitchell | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Peter Peric | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Graeme Pitt | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Tony Poriazis | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Sarah Robertson | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Henny Van Teyfingen | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Lisa Ying | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Donald Yip | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Ran An | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hajime Baba | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Xiaoyan Bai | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jinxiang Cao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Junfei Cao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yuan Chen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hikaru Chikamatsu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Liang Cui | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hiroyuki Futami | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Shiyi Gao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Wei Jia | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tsuyoshi Kage | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hongying Kang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Keiji Katô | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Takayuki Kawabe | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daisaku Kimura | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Takumi Kobayashi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yuan Liang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Shigeru Ohki | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kaoru Saitô | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Muneyoshi Sajaue | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Xueyuan Shi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dehua Song | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mingliang Sun | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tsutomu Takada | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yu Wang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ze Xie | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ou Xu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kosuke Yamada | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Qianbin Yang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Cunhua Zhang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Cunyou Zhang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nan Zhang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chuncheng Zhao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Xianwen Zhao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Xianzhang Zhao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Hoei Project | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Jin-Hua Gu | Role: Costume Department
Name: Tomoko Suzuki | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kyoko Takahashi | Role: Costume Department
Name: Jianghong Zhou | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Lesley Aitkin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ian Anderson | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Billy Browne | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paul Cross | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Kerry Dibbs | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Franco Diciero | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ling Geng | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Pinghu Gu | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Akimasa Kawashima | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Eugene Leonello | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Leigh Segal | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Chieko Suzaki | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ligen Zhao | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Gang Xu | Role: Location Management
Name: Xiangchun Zeng | Role: Location Management
Name: Renqiao Zuo | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Wei Chen | Role: Music Department
Name: Ross Cockle | Role: Music Department
Name: Ya Dai | Role: Music Department
Name: Sida Guo | Role: Music Department
Name: Xiaopei Li | Role: Music Department
Name: Fei Song | Role: Music Department
Name: Sha Yuan | Role: Music Department
Name: Quansheng Zhang | Role: Music Department
Name: Jiazhen Zhao | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Zhao Danian | Role: Production Department
Name: Ke Gao | Role: Production Department
Name: Katsuko Hatayama | Role: Production Department
Name: Tomoko Katahara | Role: Production Department
Name: Kaoru Nakamura | Role: Production Department
Name: Guanghe Ni | Role: Production Department
Name: Jianguo Wang | Role: Production Department
Name: Xiaoshun Xu | Role: Production Department
Name: Alice Yeung | Role: Production Department
Name: Jiajun Zhu | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Emi Kawano | Role: Script and Continuity Department
Name: Dan Lu | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Masanobu Amemiya | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Koji Sekiguchi | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Mitsunobu Tono | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Tom Alper | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jia Cui | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yexin Fan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Fleming | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Howard Frumes | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Fiona Fry | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pamela Hammond | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Al Hansen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Adrian Hauser | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Zhihua Hou | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Wenrui Jia | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Xiaowei Kang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shirô Kido | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rachel Knowles | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Takahiro Komura | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yanlong Li | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yinghui Li | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mingna Liu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yuping Liu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stanley Lopuszanski | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Chris Lu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shasha Luo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ke Mu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Atsushi Naito | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Youko Nakagawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Liwei Pang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Li'an Qin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Toshifumi Shimizu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shuo Tian | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Zhaojun Tian | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Taichi Utsunomiya | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bin Wang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Wenyi Wang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Caroline Whiteley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Takeshi Yanagisawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cloudy Yang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Min Yang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yefei Yin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jihu Zhang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jingsheng Zhang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Xuemei Zhang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shufen Zhao | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ping Zhou | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437447/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: October 22, 2005 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
China: December 22, 2005
Japan: January 28, 2006
Hong Kong: April 5, 2006
Malaysia: April 13, 2006
Singapore: May 25, 2006
South Korea: July 20, 2006
Sweden: July 28, 2006
United States: September 1, 2006 (limited)
Mexico: October 15, 2006 (Morelia Film Festival)
Italy: October 18, 2006 (Rome Film Fest)
Denmark: December 1, 2006
Italy: December 7, 2006
Greece: December 22, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: January 23, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Argentina: February 6, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Germany: February 6, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Iceland: February 28, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Philippines: February 11, 2021 (internet)
Netherlands: November 15, 2021 (internet)

Awards

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