The Go Master ( Wu Qingyuan )

The Go Master (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Wu Qingyuan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
China ( India, Eastern Asia )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Zhuangzhuang Tian

Written By:
Cheng Ah

Actors:
Chen Chang ..... Wu Qingyuan
Sylvia Chang ..... Shu Wen - Wu's mother
Akira Emoto ..... Kensaku Segoe
Aki Fujî ..... Mrs. Segoe
Mansaku Fuwa ..... Matsutaro Shoriki
Yi Huang ..... Wu Qingying
Takayuki Inoue ..... Shusai Honinbo
Ayumi Ito ..... Kazuko Nakahara
Yoichiro Ito ..... Kaoru Iwamoto
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
Masakane Yonekura ..... Sonoike Kinmochi

Synopsis:

Tian Zhuangzhuang's The Go Master is a restrained, thoughtful biopic on the life of Wu Qingyuan considered by many to be the greatest player of the game Go in the 20th Century and one of the greatest of all time. Born in China in 1914 and later moving to Japan, he quickly rose to prominence, becoming an unbeatable master. Wu's life was often at the mercy of political and social upheavals, Japan's colonisation of Manchuria and invasion of China in the 1930's, the Pacific War in the 1940s and the Cold War in the 1950s, yet despite these apparent setbacks he dominated professional Go for more than a quarter of a century. The Go Master is the story of Wu's complex inner life and a man who, despite the odds - being buffeted by nationalism, militarism and the forces of history - became the greatest player who has ever lived.

From acclaimed filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang, director of THE HORSE THIEF and THE BLUE KITE, this thoughtful biopic charts the life of Wu Qingyuan who was considered to be the 20th Century's greatest player of the game Go...

A Chinese man becomes an expert player of the traditional game of Go.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 17 September, 2010.

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