The Go Master

May 24, 2007

1h 44m

★ 6.3

Overview

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Century Hero Film Investment

Hakuhodo

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Cast

Wu Qingyuan

Chang Chen

Kensaku Segoe

Akira Emoto

Shu Wen

Sylvia Chang

Kazuko Nakahara

Ayumi Ito

Minoru Kitani

Takashi Nishina

Utaro Hashimoto

Nao Omori

Shusai Honinbo

Takayuki Inoue

Yasunari Kawabata

Hironobu Nomura

Jikou Son

Kaho Minami

Fumiko Kita

Keiko Matsuzaka

Mrs. Segoe

Aki Fujî

Matsutaro Shoriki

Mansaku Fuwa

A young Chinese Go board game player arrives in Japan for training. He doesn't speak Japanese and becomes embarrassed living there. By dropping his Go stones, he happens to meet an old Japanese woman who sells vegetables on the street. They become familiar with each other. The young Chinese Go player, the old woman named Igarashi and her grandson Shoichi then live together.

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