The Go Masters
The Go Masters

Movie·1982·2h 3m

The Go Masters

Directed By

Duan Jishun

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 未完の対局

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.

Written By

Tetsurô Abe, Fumio Kōnami, Yasuko Ōno

Cinematography

Shōhei Andō

Music

Hikaru Hayashi

Editor

Akira Suzuki

Themes

goweiqi

Audience Score

66%

5 votes

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Perfection24%

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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

松波麟作

Misako Konno

Misako Konno

Daolin Sun

Daolin Sun

况易山

Shen Guanchu

Shen Guanchu

况阿明

Shen Danping

Shen Danping

阿惠

Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa

杨夫人

Huang Zongying

Huang Zongying

婉怡

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

立花

Du Peng

关小舟

Yu Shaokang

Yu Shaokang

张医生

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Liu Xin

Liu Xin

小阿惠

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Zhang Liwei

Zhang Liwei

留学生

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Crew

Duan Jishun

Director

Junya Satō

Junya Satō

Director

Tetsurô Abe

Screenplay

Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Yasuko Ōno

Yasuko Ōno

Screenplay

Li Hong-zhou

Screenplay

Ge Tang-tong

Screenplay

Shōhei Andō

Shōhei Andō

Director of Photography

羅丹

Director of Photography

Akira Suzuki

Editor

Xiaoqin Zhu

Editor

Hikaru Hayashi

Hikaru Hayashi

Original Music Composer

Ding-xian Jiang

Ding-xian Jiang

Original Music Composer

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