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1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to go to China and complete his son's work in part to develop an understanding of his son, and in part to do something for him. Once in China a series of obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005
Special features: Making-of featurette
Directors of photography, Daisaku Kimura, Xiaoding Zhao ; editor, Long Cheng ; music, Wenjing Guo ; production designer, Li Sun
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen, Ken Nakamoto, Li Bin Li, Ziliang Chen, Zhezhou He, Zhenbo Yang
Voice: Kiichi Nakai
MPAA rating: PG; for mild thematic elements
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Chinese, Portuguese and French dialogue, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned