Japan in Focus 2007
Gengis Khan – To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

  • Director: Shinichiro Sawai (Japan)

    Born in 1938 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He worked as scriptwriter from 1975. He made his directing debut The Wild Daisy in 1981. Among other director's works are: W's Tragedy (1984), Early Spring Story (1985), Seventeen (2003).

Mongolia,  Japan,  2007,  136 min.
Cast:
Takashi Sorimachi, Rei Kikukawa, Mayumi Wakamura
Section:
Japan in Focus

Genghis Khan - the man who built history's greatest Empire. People called him «The Blue Wolf». Assailed himself by doubts over the secret of his birth, facing conflict and betrayal by his sworn friend, and his mixed feeling of love and hatred for the son who bears the same burden... Together with the scenes such as an intense battle in which 5,000 Mongolian Army soldiers appear, and over 27,000 people mounted as extras to film this entertainment epic, the hero now emerges from the history that has concealed him for so long.