¡The Go Masters
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Japanese Film Selection: Featuring Director Junya Sato] The first Japan-China co-production after the war, a great film made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, is now available on DVD for the first time! Directed by Junya Sato, who has an established reputation for major works shot on location overseas such as "Dunhuang" (1988) and "Oroya Kuni Drunken Dream Tan" (1992), this moving film depicts the friendship between Go masters from both countries whose fates are at odds with each other against the backdrop of 32 years of Japanese and Chinese history since 1924 with a war between the two countries. The cast features an all-star cast representing the Japanese film industry and China, including Rentaro Mikuni. The original screenplay by Li Hongzhou and Ge Kangdong, scriptwriters at Beijing Film Studio, was originally written by Chinese star Zhao Dan, who came to Japan and proposed to then Daiei President Tokuma Yasukai to make the film as a Japan-China co-production. Awards: 1982 Mainichi Film Contest, Japanese Film Excellence Award, Music Award, Recording Award; 1982 Motion Picture and Television Producers Association of Japan Award (Tokuma Yasukai); 1983 Fujimoto Award (Tokuma Yasukai); 1983 Montreal World Film Festival Grand Prix; 1983 Japan Academy Award, Best Picture; 1983 Golden Rooster Award, Special Award --In 1924, while traveling in China, Japanese Go master Matsunami Rinsaku saw the genius in A-Ming, the son of master Go player Sai Yishan, and asked him to take him back to Japan as his apprentice. At the outbreak of the war, A-Ming became a Kisei, but the military forced him to become a naturalized Japanese citizen.... Booklet enclosed.
Original Release Year: 1982
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