---
title: 'The Silk Road (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Junya Satō'
released: '1988-06-25'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silk-road-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095071/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Silk Road (1988)

1988 · 99 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 敦煌

## Synopsis

The Silk Road , also known as Dun-Huang, is a 1988 Japanese epic historical drama film directed by Junya Satō. It was adapted from the 1959 novel Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue. The plotline centers around the Mogao Caves, a Buddhist manuscript trove in Dunhuang, Western China, located along the Silk Road during the Song dynasty in the 11th century.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Junya Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/junya-sato)
- **Screenplay:** [Yasushi Inoue](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-inoue)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)

## Cast

- [Toshiyuki Nishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiyuki-nishida)
- [Anna Nakagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-nakagawa)
- [Takahiro Tamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takahiro-tamura)
- [Kōichi Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/koichi-sato)

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