Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles(2005)

movie - first aired/released 2005-12-22 - audience 7.1

Directed by Zhang Yimou

Takada, a 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. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.