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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干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有病 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本人 日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
东京 東京 Dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
东京大学 東京大學 Dōng jīng Dà xué Tokyo University, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
杨过 楊過 Yáng Guò Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes"; (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since and are homonyms) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
外事 外事 wài shì foreign affairs ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1