The Silk Road (Japanese: 敦煌, Hepburn: Tonkō), also known as Dun-Huang, is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Satō. The movie was adapted from the 1959 novel Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue. The backdrop of the plotline is the Mogao Caves, a Buddhist manuscript trove in Dunhuang, Western China, located along the Silk Road during the Song dynasty in the 11th century.
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| Directed by | Junya Satō[1] |
| Written by | Junya Satō Takeshi Yoshida |
| Based on | Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue |
| Produced by | Kazuo Haruna Atsushi Takeda Yoshihiro Yûki |
| Starring | Toshiyuki Nishida |
| Cinematography | Akira Shiizuka |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Music by | Masaru Satō |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥8.2 billion (Japan) $123,959 (USA) |
The film was released in Japan and China on June 25, 1988.[2] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[3] It is one of the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time.
Cast edit
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Zhu Wangli, a commander of the Xi Xia empire
- Kōichi Satō as Zhao Xingde, a student of Zhu Wangli
- Anna Nakagawa as Tsurpia, a princess of a Uyghur kingdom
- Tsunehiko Watase as Li Yuanhao, the Xi Xia emperor
- Takahiro Tamura as Tsao Yanhui
Reception edit
The Silk Road was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1988, earning ¥4.5 billion in distribution income that year.[4] It was the third highest-grossing Japanese film up until then, after Antarctica and The Adventures of Milo and Otis, and remains one of the highest-grossing Japanese films.[5] As of 2013[update], the film has grossed a total of ¥8.2 billion in Japan.[6] In the United States, it grossed $123,959.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Infobox data from 敦煌 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-12. and Dun-Huang (1988) at IMDb
- ^ "敦煌". Maoyan (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank (in Japanese). General Works. 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "歴代ランキング" [All-time box office top 100]. CINEMAランキング通信. Kogyo Tsushinka. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "«Шелковый путь» (Tonkô, 1988)". Kinopoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
Bibliography edit
- 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). walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- 敦煌(1988) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "Variety Japan" 敦煌 (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
External links edit
- Tonkô at IMDb
- The Silk Road at AllMovie
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