Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

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Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

Japanese poster
Directed by Shinichirō Sawai
Produced by

Minoru Ebihara
Haruki Kadokawa
Katsuhito Matsuura
Yutaka Okada

Akihiko Ōsugi
Yoshiaki Tokutome
Written by Takehiro Nakajima
Shōichi Maruyama
Seiichi Morimura (novels)
Starring Takashi Sorimachi
Rei Kikukawa
Mayumi Wakamura
Music by Taro Iwashiro
Cinematography Yonezō Maeda
Editing by Akimasa Kawashima
Distributed by Shochiku (Japan)
FUNimation (U.S.)[1]
Release date(s) March 3, 2007 (Japan)
February 21, 2008 (U.S. limited)[1]
Running time 136 minutes
Country Japan/Mongolia
Language Japanese
Budget US$30 million

Genghis Khan: To the Ends of Earth and Sea (蒼き狼 地果て海尽きるまで Aoki Ōkami: Chi Hate Umi Tsukiru Made?, lit. "The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea") is a 2007 Japanese - Mongolian historical drama film depicting the life of Genghis Khan.

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[edit] Production

Takehiro Nakajima and Shôichi Maruyama adapted the screenplay from the historical-fiction novels Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shôsetsu Chingisu Hân (ue) and Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shôsetsu Chingisu Hân (shita) by Seiichi Morimura.

The film cost US$30 million to make, and was filmed over four months in 2006 in Mongolia, featuring more than 27,000 extras, as well as 5,000 Mongolian Army soldiers.[2]

[edit] Release

Genghis Khan: To the Ends of Earth and Sea was released in Japan on March 3, 2007, and in Hong Kong on April 26, 2007. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Market, the Moscow International Film Festival and the 2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. It was the opening film of the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok and the San Francisco Asian Film Festival.

Genghis Khan was released by The Bigger Picture in only 40 U.S. theaters on February 21, 2008. As of February 25, it has made only US$3,892 there. It grossed nearly US$11 million in Japan and Mongolia.[1]

Genghis Khan was released on DVD in the US in 2008.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  2. ^ English-subtitled theatrical trailer for Shin’ichirô Sawai’s Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth, Twitchfilm.net; retrieved 2007-11-12

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Films directed by Shinichirō Sawai
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