Tokyo Newcomer

Movie·2012·1h 40m

Tokyo Newcomer

Sino - Japan Relations

Directed By

Jiang Qinmin

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 初到東京

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.

Written By

Kei Yoshida

Producer

Tomoko Komatsuzaki

Cinematography

Hideo Yamamoto

Themes

goweiqi

Production House

Wilco Co.
Beijing New Performance Film
Top Fun Entertainment
Huaxia Film Distribution

Audience Score

46%

7 votes

Skip19%
Timepass46%
Go for it27%
Perfection8%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Qin Hao

Qin Hao

吉流

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Tian Yuan

Tian Yuan

Mika Naito

Janine Chang Chun-Ning

Janine Chang Chun-Ning

Nanako

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Old Woman

Toru Kazama

Toru Kazama

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

// crew

Crew

Tomoko Komatsuzaki

Producer

Kei Yoshida

Screenplay

Hideo Yamamoto

Director of Photography

Jiang Qinmin

Jiang Qinmin

Director

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