The Go Master
|
|
From AsianMediaWiki
User Rating
Current user rating: 92/100 (2 votes)
Profile
- Movie: The Go Master
- Chinese: Wu Qingyuan (吳清源)
- Japanese: 呉清源 極みの棋譜
- Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian
- Writer: Cheng Ah
- Producer:
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 104 min
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: Japan / China
Plot
THE GO MASTER, the long-anticipated new film by acclaimed 5th Generation Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang (HORSE THIEF, THE BLUE KITE, SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN), is based on the true-to-life story of the world's most renowned master of the ancient game of Go, Wu Qingyuan. Go, a table game requiring intense stamina, energy, emotions, strategy and intellect from its players, was developed in ancient China but found a new home in post-Meiji Japan, where its adherents treated its rules and regulations in a fashion far stricter and more disciplined than that of its Chinese roots.
Wu, a native of China, emerged as a prodigy who, at a young age, moved to Japan and rose to prominence as the top Go player in the world. In Japan, Wu overturned the established traditions and strategies of this ancient game, earning multitudes of fans and enemies along the way. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous Sino-Japanese history of the 20th century, he remained in Japan in spite of the politics and continued his passion for the game. Wu never returned to live in China again, making him a controversial figure in both countries. Now well into his 90s, he continues to reside in Japan playing Go, writing strategy books and living the life of THE GO MASTER. -- Fortissimo
Cast
- Chen Chang - Wu Qingyuan
- Sylvia Chang - Shu Wen (Wu's mother)
- Akira Emoto - Kensaku Segoe
- Aki Fuji - Mrs. Segoe
- Mansaku Fuwa - Matsutaro Shoriki
- Yi Huang - Wu Qingying
- Takayuki Inoue - Shusai Honinbo
- Ayumi Ito - Kazuko Nakahara
- Yoichiro Ito - Kaoru Iwamoto
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Xuejian Li - Li Yutang
- Keiko Matsuzaka - Fumiko Kita
- Kaho Minami - Jikou Son
- Takashi Nishina - Minoru Kitani
- Hironobu Nomura - Yasunari Kawabata
- Nao Omori - Utaro Hashimoto
- Chiharu Uchiyama - Mrs. Kitani
- Bai Qing Xin - Wu Yan
- Masayo Utsunomiya
