Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles (PG) 2005 DVD RENTAL COPY

Family drama directed by Yimou Zhang. Takada (Ken Takakura), an ageing 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. When his son refuses to see him, Rie (Shinobu Terajima) gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to complete his son's work - in part to develop an understanding of his son, and in part to do something for him. Once in China, a series of obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to an understanding both of himself and of his son.