The Silk Road (film)
| The Silk Road | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Junya Satō[1] |
| Written by |
Yasushi Inoue (story) Junya Satō (screenplay) |
| Starring | Toshiyuki Nishida |
| Music by | Masaru Satō |
| Cinematography | Akira Shiizuka |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release dates | June 25, 1988 |
Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Silk Road (敦煌 Tonkō) aka Dun-Huang is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Satō. 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]
Cast
- Toshiyuki Nishida: Zhu Wangli
- Kōichi Satō: Zhao Xingde
- Anna Nakagawa: Tsurpia
- Tsunehiko Watase: Li Yuanhao
- Takahiro Tamura: Tsao Yanhui
Reception
The Silk Road was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1988, earning ¥4.5 billion in distribution income.[3]
See also
Bibliography
- Dun-Huang (1988) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Silk Road at AllMovie
- 敦煌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- "TON KO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- 敦煌 (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2009-05-12. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 敦煌(1988) (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 敦煌 (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
References
- ↑ Infobox data from 敦煌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-12. and Dun-Huang (1988) at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Awards for Dun-Huang (1988)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ↑ "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1988-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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