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Availability: In Stock - This is normally a Special Order item, but it is currently in stock. Director: Zhang Yimou  ||  Yasuo Furuhata Producer: Zhang Wei-Ping  ||  Bill Kong Chi-Keung  ||  Xiu Jian Released: 2005 [China] Genre: Drama Keywords:  Actor / Acting || Cancer || Chinese Opera || Death / Dying || Family / Siblings || Filmmaking || Illness || Japan / Japanese || Mainland China || Parents / Parenting

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Plot:	Upon learning that his estranged son has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer, a Japanese man travels to rural China to try and fulfil his son's dream of filming one of China's greatest living stage performers. Copyright © 2000+ HKFlix, all rights reserved. No part of this text may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from HKFlix.
Overview:	From acclaimed director Zhang Yimou ("Hero", "House Of Flying Daggers"), comes the moving story of one man's life-changing journey across China's heartland. When Takata Gou-Ichi (Takakura Ken) learns his estranged son Ken-Ichi (Nakai Kiichi) is seriously ill, he rushes to be by his side. But Ken-Ichi refuses to see him. Rie (Terajima Shinobu), Ken-Ichi's wife, gives Takata a videotape to help him get to know his son again. The mention of a promise on the tape sends Takata on an odyssey to prove his love for his son. He encounters colorful strangers, discovers human kindness...and a sense of family he thought he had lost long ago.
Cast:	Ken Takakura  ||  Qiu Lin  ||  Li Jia-Min  ||  Shinobu Terajima  ||  Jiang Wen  ||  Kiichi Nakai  ||  Ken Nakamoto  ||  Li Bin  ||  Chan Chi-Leung  ||  Yang Zhen-Bo (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	109 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) French (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Distributor:	Sony Pictures Classics/Elite Group Enterprises  [A Japan-Based Distributor]
Rating:	I - Suitable for all audiences (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "G" or "PG") Films rated Category I contain nothing most parents will consider offensive for their children to see or hear. Nudity, drug use, explicit language, violence and adult situations are largely absent, and if present are seen only briefly and at a moderate level.
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround "Making Of"