Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea | |
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Directed by | Shinichiro Sawai |
Written by | Takehiro Nakajima Shōichi Maruyama Seiichi Morimura (novels) |
Produced by | Minoru Ebihara Haruki Kadokawa Katsuhito Matsuura Yutaka Okada Akihiko Ōsugi Yoshiaki Tokutome |
Starring | Takashi Sorimachi Rei Kikukawa Mayumi Wakamura |
Cinematography | Yonezō Maeda |
Edited by | Akimasa Kawashima |
Music by | Taro Iwashiro |
Distributed by | Shochiku (Japan) FUNimation (U.S.)[1] |
Release dates | 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.
Cast
- Takashi Sorimachi as Temüjin/Genghis Khan
- Rei Kikukawa as Börte
- Mayumi Wakamura as Hoelun
- Kenichi Matsuyama as Jochi
- Yoshihiko Hakamada as Hasar
- Go Ara as Khulan
- Yusuke Hirayama as Jamukha
- Naoki Hosaka as Yesügei Bagatur
- Hiroki Matsukata as Toghrul Khan
- Eugene Nomura as Bo'orču
- Eri Shimomiya as Temulen
- Shohei Yamazaki as Behter
- Kairi Narita as Belgutei
- Takuya Noro as Chilaun
- Sosuke Ikematsu as young Temüjin
- Ami Takeishi as young Börte
- Takeshi Ōbayashi as Caravan Chief
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]
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.
See also
- The Conqueror (film)
- Genghis Khan (1965 film)
- Genghis Khan (1992 film)
- Genghis Khan (1998 film)
- Mongol (film)
- No Right to Die – Chinggis Khaan
- Genghis Khan (TVB)
- Genghis Khan (ATV)
- Genghis Khan (2004 TV series)
- List of historical drama films of Asia
References
- ^ a b c Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ English-subtitled theatrical trailer for Shin’ichirô Sawai’s Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth, Twitchfilm.net; retrieved 2007-11-12
External links
- 2007 films
- Asian war films
- 2000s drama films
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by Shinichirō Sawai
- Depictions of Genghis Khan on film
- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- Mongolian films
- Funimation Entertainment
- Shochiku films
- Biographical films
- Films set in the 12th century
- Films set in the 13th century
- Films set in the Mongol Empire
- Films set in Mongolia
- Films set in the Middle Ages
- 2000s Japanese film stubs
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