Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

千里走单骑 qiānlǐ zǒu shàn jì

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.

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3.48 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 80%

Cast

Ken Takakura Ken Takakura Gou-ichi Takata Shinobu Terajima Shinobu Terajima Rie Takata Kiichi Nakai Kiichi Nakai Kenichi Takata (voice) Ken Nakamoto Ken Nakamoto Electrician Li Jia-Min Li Jiamin Jiang Wen Jasmine Lin Qiu Lingo

Vocabulary

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千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
拉屎 拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
唱段 唱段 chàng duàn aria (in opera) ∼HSK 2
外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
出海 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
想像 想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
讲明 講明 jiǎng míng to explain ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
段子 段子 duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch ∼HSK 2
吭气 吭氣 kēng qì to utter a sound ∼HSK 2
得病 得病 dé bìng to fall ill; to contract a disease ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
客气话 客氣話 kè qi huà words of politeness; politesse; decorous talking; talk with propriety ∼HSK 2
旅 旅 lǚ trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
全然 全然 quán rán completely ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
不带 不帶 bù dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
打不通 打不通 dǎ bu tōng cannot get through (on phone) ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
词典 詞典 cí diǎn dictionary; also written 辞典 HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
打交道 打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with; to have dealings ∼HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
出院 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person; villain HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
东方 東方 dōng fāng east HSK 2
月亮 月亮 yuè liang the moon HSK 2
忽然 忽然 hū rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
住院 住院 zhù yuàn to be in hospital; to be hospitalized HSK 2