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| Directed by | Shinichirô Sawai |
| Produced by | Minoru Ebihara Haruki Kadokawa Katsuhito Matsuura Yutaka Okada Akihiko Ôsugi |
| Written by | Takehiro Nakajima Shôichi Maruyama Seiichi Morimura (novels) |
| Starring | Takashi Sorimachi Rei Kikukawa Mayumi Wakamura |
| Music by | Tarô Iwashiro |
| Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda |
| Editing by | Akimasa Kawashima |
| Distributed by |  Shochiku The Bigger Picture1 |
| Release date(s) | March 3, 2007 February 21, 2008 (limited)1 |
| Running time | 136 min. |
| Country | Japan/Mongolia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$30 million |
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of Earth and Sea (Aoki Ôkami: chi hate umi tsukiru made or The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea) is a 2007 Japanese - Mongolian historical drama film depicting the life of Genghis Khan.
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Cast
- Takashi Sorimachi as Temüjin/Genghis Khan
- Rei Kikukawa as Börte
- Mayumi Wakamura as Hoelun
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Jochi
- Yoshihiko Hakamada as Khasar
- Ara as Mistress Kulan
- Yusuke Hirayama as Jamuqa
- Naoki Hosaka as Yesugei
Production
Takehiro Nakajima and Shôichi Maruyama adapted the screenplay from the historical-fiction novels Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shôsetsu Chingisu Hân (ue) and Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shôsetsu Chingisu Hân (shita) by Seiichi Morimura.
The film cost US$30 million to make, and was filmed over four months in 2006 in Mongolia, featuring more than 27,000 extras, as well as 5,000 Mongolian Army soldiers.2
Release
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of Earth and Sea was released in Japan on March 3, 2007, and in Hong Kong on April 26, 2007. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Market, the Moscow International Film Festival and the 2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. It was the opening film of the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok and the San Francisco Asian Film Festival.
Genghis Khan was released by The Bigger Picture in only 40 U.S. theaters on February 21, 2008. As of February 25, it has made only US$3,892 there, and nearly US$11 million overseas.1
Genghis Khan will be released on DVD in the US in the fall of 2008.
References
- ^ a b c Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ English-subtitled theatrical trailer for Shin’ichirô Sawai’s Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth, Twitchfilm.net; retrieved 2007-11-12
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