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The Silk Road (1988)
Directed by Junya Satō
Drama, History · 2h 23m
In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the favorite of his commander, Zhu Wangli. While sacking a fortress, Xingde discovers Tsurpia, princess of the Uighur. He hides her; they fall in love. When he's sent away to study Xixian, he leaves Tsurpia in Zhu's care, but returns to find her engaged to Li. Tragedy follows, and he and Zhu enter a pact to take revenge when Li arrives at Dun-Huang, the region's seat of learning and culture. Against overwhelming odds, they find a surprising way to leave a monument to their life and love.
Cast
Toshiyuki Nishida
Koichi Sato
Anna Nakagawa
Tsunehiko Watase
Takahiro Tamura
Akira Emoto
Daijirou Harada
Yoshiko Mita
Yukio Ninagawa
Mizuho Suzuki
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Crew
- Director
- Junya Satō
- Screenplay
- Junya Satō, Takeshi Yoshida
- Novel
- Yasushi Inoue
- Director of Photography
- Akira Shiizuka
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Akira Suzuki
- Producer
- Atsushi Takeda, Kazuo Haruna, Yoshihiro Yūki
Details
- Original title
- 敦煌
- Release date
- 1988-06-25
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, China
- Production
- Daiei Co. Ltd., IMAGICA, Tokuma Shoten, New Century Producers, China Film Export and Export Corp
- Box office
- $74,123,959