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The Go Masters

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Original title

Mikan no taikyoku

Year

1982

Running time

123 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Ji-shun Duan, Junya Sato, Shu'an Liu

Screenwriter

Tang-tong Ge, Fumio Konami, Hong-zhou Li, Yasuko Ono

Cast

Music

Hikaru Hayashi, Ding-xian Jiang

Cinematography

Shôhei Andô, De-an Luo

Producer

Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group, Daiei Studios, Tokyo Tokuma Co

Genre

Drama | 1930s. Gambling

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1983: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Film

1983: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 2 nominations

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The Go Masters

1982

Ji-shun Duan ...