Watched this little quiet gem of a movie today.
An aging Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years. He feels very bad about it, as does the son's kind wife. When his daughter-in-law calls him to tell him his son is in the hospital in Tokyo, very sick, he rushes to Tokyo to try to see his son.
Unfortunately, while he and his son's wife desperately want a reconciliation between himself and his son, the son refuses to see him.
The son's wife gives the father a video of some of the work the son has been doing in China. The son is a professor of Far Eastern folk art, and has a strong interest in Chinese mask opera. On the video the son promises to return to China to film an opera called Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.
The father decides to go to China and film the opera, as his son will never be able to do so.
All sorts of complications arise when he gets to China, and it seems to be an insurmountable task to do the videotaping.
Lovely and quiet little film, starring Takakura Ken as the aging father.
This is a very sad movie, but such as well performed and well made one!
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