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我的父親母親 (1999)
The Road Home
Original Title: My Father, My Mother
Origin: China
Language: Mandarin 
Circuit: Edko 
Genre: Drama 
Rating: I (Hong Kong) 
Theatrical Run (HK): 12/14/2000 - 03/07/2001
Box Office: HK $2,009,718
 
Director
  Zhang Yimou
 
Screenwriter
  Bao Shi
 
 
Cast
  Zhang Ziyi ... Zhao Di (teenage)
  Sun Honglei ... Luo Yusheng
  Zheng Hao ... Luo Chang Yu
  Zhao Yu-Lian ... Old Zhao Di
  Li Bin (2) ... Grandmother
  Chang Gui-Fa ... Village head (old)
  Liu Qi    
  Ji Bo    
  Song Yun-Cheng ... Village head (young)
  Zhang Zhongxi (2)    
 
Production Company
  Guangxi Film Studio
 
Distributor
  Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia Limited (United States)
 
Assistant Director
  Ya Te (2)   Xie Dong (3)   Li Hong (3)
 
Script Supervisor
  Zhong Qing (2)
 
Cinematographers
  Lee Siu-Ping   Hou Yong
 
Art Director
  Cao Jiuping
 
Costume Designer
  Tong Huamiao
 
Makeup
  Yang Dandan
 
Editor
  Zhai Ru
 
Props
  Leng Jian-Jun   Chen Zhigang (2)
 
Sound Recordist
  Wu Lala
 
Music
  San Bao
 
Planning
  Wang Bin
 
Production Manager
  Hao Jin-Guo   Zhang Zhenyan   Zhang Weiping
  Zhang Zhenyan   Hu Xiaofeng
 
Re-Recording Mixer
  Lin Qian
 
Filming Location
  China
 
 
Summary
  Businessman Yusheng returns from the big city to his home village, Sanhetun, after years of absence when he receives news of the death of his father, Changyu. His grief-stricken mother, Zhao Di, insists that the funeral follow ancient traditions which, among other things, requires that the shroud be hand-woven and that able men be found to carry the coffin. Watching his mother prepare the shroud, Yusheng reflects on his parents' love story. At eighteen, Zhao Di had done everything in her powers to capture the heart of Changyu after he arrived to take the post of the new village teacher. (Asian Film Library)