The Silk Road | 敦煌
The Silk Road敦煌
Overview
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.
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Cast
Toshiyuki Nishida
Koichi Sato
Anna Nakagawa
Tsunehiko Watase
Takahiro Tamura
Akira Emoto
Daijirô Harada
Yoshiko Mita
Yukio Ninagawa
Eisaku Shindô
Mizuho Suzuki
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Crew
Junya Satō
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Kazuo Haruna
Yoshihiro Yûki
Masaru Satō
Akira Shiizuka
Akira Suzuki
Curtis Choy
Kiyoshi Yoneyama
Junya Satō
Takeshi Yoshida
Atsushi Takeda
