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The Go Masters
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The Go Masters

Apr 1, 1982
2h 3m
★ 6.6

Overview

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

松波麟作

Rentaro Mikuni

Misako Konno

巴

Misako Konno

Daolin Sun

况易山

Daolin Sun

Shen Guanchu

况阿明

Shen Guanchu

Shen Danping

阿惠

Shen Danping

Mayumi Ogawa

杨夫人

Mayumi Ogawa

Huang Zongying

婉怡

Huang Zongying

Keiko Matsuzaka

立花

Keiko Matsuzaka

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关小舟

Du Peng

Yu Shaokang

张医生

Yu Shaokang

Yoshiko Mita

忍

Yoshiko Mita

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

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