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The Silk Road (film)
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Wikipedia article
, also known as 'Dun-Huang', is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Sat. 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.
The film was released in Japan and China on June 25, 1988. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It is one of the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time.
Cast
* Toshiyuki Nishida as Zhu Wangli, a commander of the Xi Xia empire
* Kichi Sat 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
'The Silk Road' was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1988, earning 4.5 billion in distribution income that year. 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. , the film has grossed a total of in Japan. In the United States, it grossed $123,959.
See also
* List of historical drama films of Asia
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