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- Movie: Go
- Director: Isao Yukisada
- Writer: Kazuki Kaneshiro (novel), Kankuro Kudo
- Producer: Mitsuru Kurosawa
- Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagijima
- Release Date: October 20, 2001
- Runtime: 146 min.
- Production Company: Toei
- Distributor: Toei
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sugihara is a troubled youth who was born in Japan to Korean parents. After completing junior high school at a brutally strict Korean institution, Sugihara switches to a regular Japanese high school to continue his education. His father Hideyoshi was once a professional boxer and he has trained Sugihara to fight ever since he was a child. His skill at fisticuffs serves him in good stead at the new school when the Japanese boys gang up on him. Sugihara meets Sukari, a Japanese girl, at a party given by his one Japanese friend, the son of a yakuza gangster, and he quickly falls in love. Sugihara is lacking in social skills but his affection for Sukari appears to be reciprocated. He has not told Sukari that he isn't Japanese, however, and this omission continues to worry him. He fears that it might well bring their budding relationship to an abrupt end. And just when things can't get any worse, they do. Sugihara gets a call from an old friend from his days at the Korean school. What Jong-il has to tell him will have grave consequences for his relationship with Sukari...
Cast
- Yosuke Kubozuka - Sugihara (Lee)
- Kou Shibasaki - Sakurai, Tsubaki
- Shinobu Ootake - Michiko (mother of Sugihara)
- Taro Yamamoto - Tawake
- Tsutomu Yamazaki - Hideyoshi (father of Sugihara)
- Hirofumi Arai - Won-su
- Anri Ban
- Masato Hagiwara - Policeman
- Takato Hosoyamada - Jeong-ir
- Atsushi Ida
- Ryuzo Ishida
- Tomoko Ishikawa
- Takeshi Kikuchi
- Min Kim - Naomi
- Maria Kitazawa
- Ryosuke Koshiba
- Atsushi Matsuda
- Asami Mizukawa
- Mitsuru Murata - Kato
- Gye-nam Myeong - Staff of South Korean embassy
- Takeshi Nakajima
- Gouki Nishimura
- Ren Osugi - Taxi driver
- Sansei Shiomi - Kim seonsaeng-nim
- Rina Takagi
- Yoji Tanaka
- Kanji Tsuda
- Haruka Sugata
Trailer (South Korea)
Awards
- 2001 (44th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 8, 2002
- "Best Director"
- "Best Supporting Actor" (Tsutomu Yamazaki)
- "Best Newcomer" (Kou Shibasaki)
- 2002 (25th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2002
- "Director of the Year"
- "Screenplay of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Yosuke Kubozuka)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" (Tsutomu Yamazaki)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" (Kou Shibasaki)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" (Katsumi Yanagijima)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction" (Hitoshi Takaya)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing" (Tsuyoshi Imai)
- "Rookie of the Year" (Yosuke Kubozuka)/(Kou Shibasaki)
