The Silk Road
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| Directed by | Junya Sato[1] |
| Written by | Yasushi Inoue (story) Junya Sato (screenplay) |
| Starring | Toshiyuki Nishida |
| Music by | Masaru Satô |
| Cinematography | Akira Shiizuka |
| Editing by | Akira Suzuki |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | June 25, 1988 |
| Running time | 143 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Silk Road (敦煌 Tonkō) aka Dun-Huang is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Sato. The movie was adapted from the 1959 novel Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue with the backdrop of the plotline being the Mogao Caves manuscript trove. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[2]
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[edit] Cast
- Toshiyuki Nishida: Zhu Wangli
- Koichi Sato: Zhao Xingde
- Anna Nakagawa: Tsurpia
- Tsunehiko Watase: Li Yuanhao
- Takahiro Tamura: Tsao Yanhui
[edit] Reception
The Silk Road was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1988, earning ¥4.5 billion in distribution income.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Bibliography
- Dun-Huang (1988) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Silk Road at AllRovi
- "敦煌" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1988/dl001410.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- "TON KO". Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/film354270.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- "敦煌" (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi?ctl=each&id=17972. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- "敦煌(1988)" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=86514. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "敦煌" (in Japanese). Variety Japan. http://search.varietyjapan.com/moviedb/cinema_17972.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
[edit] References
- ^ Infobox data from "敦煌" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1988/dl001410.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. and Dun-Huang (1988) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Awards for Dun-Huang (1988)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095071/awards. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1988-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1988.html. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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