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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | 17310__riding_l
EMOTIONAL ARIA Takakura's performance as a father trying to fulfill a son's dying wish resonates for Miles
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles: Bai Xiaoyan
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Limited Release: Sep 01, 2006; Rated: PG; Length: 108 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Ken Takakura
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By Scott Brown
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Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Before he made splashy myth-history epics about fabric (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Zhang Yimou made intimate yet emotionally vast films about people (The Road Home, Not One Less). Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, which slips only occasionally into the narrative ellipses of epic, is Zhang's path back to emotional realism. As Mr. Takata — a Japanese fisherman scouring China to videotape a folk opera for his dying son — Ken Takakura, a great rain-creased oak of an actor, delivers a quietly massive performance.


Posted Aug 30, 2006
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