Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) on Netflix
Gouichi Takata has long been estranged from his son Kenichi, who is ill and refuses to see him. Gouichi travels to Yunnan to film a Nuo opera singer in his son's place.
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Gouichi Takata, an aging Japanese fisherman, and his son Kenichi have been distant from each other since the death of Gouichi's wife. When Kenichi is hospitalized with liver cancer, his wife Rie calls Gouichi to Tokyo, but Kenichi refuses to let his father into the room. Rie gives Gouichi a videotape of Kenichi's research: a Nuo opera artist in Yunnan province, Li Jiamin, promised to perform Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles a year later. Gouichi sets out for China to film the performance in his son's place. In the Village of Li, near Lijiang, he learns that Li Jiamin is in prison, and with the translator Jiang Wen and the guide Qiu Lin he seeks a way to reach him.
