Connection
The Go Master is a film of genre Drama directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang released in USA on 27 september 2006 with Chang Chen
The Go Master (2007)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listThe Go Master (呉清源 極みの棋譜, Go Seigen: Kiwami no Kifu) (simplified Chinese: 吴清源; traditional Chinese: 吳清源; pinyin: Wú Qīngyuán) is a 2006 biopic film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang of the renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known as Go Seigen, the Japanese pronunciation of his name. The film, which premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, focuses on the life of this extraordinary player from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous global conflicts between his homeland and his adopted nation. The film also features a scene involving the Atomic bomb go game. The film also screened at the AFI's China Film Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Synopsis
The Go Master shines a light on the life and times of Wu Qingyuan, pronounced Go Seigen in Japanese. Wu is considered the greatest Go player of the 20th century, his talents bringing him from his native China to a professional career in Japan when he was only a teenager. Based on Wu's autobiography, this elegantly shot and remarkably restrained biopic follows the life of a singular figure, fascinating not only for his genius and achievements in the game of Go, but also for his unique experiences as a Chinese man in Japan during an immensely turbulent period in history. Acclaimed Taiwanese actor Chang Chen (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) portrays the titular role in a subtle, poignant performance that is as penetrating as it is opaque, underlying the brooding lyricism of the film. The Go Master co-stars Sylvia Chang, Matsuzaka Keiko, Emoto Akira, and Ito Ayumi, and Wu Qingyuan himself appears briefly in the film's prologue. Also of note is the film's costume design, which is by renowned designer Wada Emi (Ran, Hero, House of Flying Daggers).Actors
Chang Chen
(Wu Qingyuan)
Sylvia Chang
(Shu Wen)
Akira Emoto
(Kensaku Segoe)
Ayumi Itō
(Kazuko Nakahara)
Keiko Matsuzaka
(Fumiko Kita)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Go Master
There are 117 films with the same actors, 9 films with the same director, 62220 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1773 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Go Master), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Go Master, you will probably like those similar films :
The Blue Kite (1994)
, 2h20Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Pu Cunxin, Lü Liping, Guo Donglin
Rating74%
The story is told from the perspective of a young boy (铁头, Tietou, literally meaning 'iron head') growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Beijing. Three episodes – Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution – show the family members evolving, e.g. from the real father, the "loving patriarch," to the protective but unemotional stepfather.
, 1h50Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Genres Biography
Actors Jiang Wen, Xu Fan (徐帆), Liu Xiaoqing
Rating65%
À travers l'histoire de Li Lianying qui servit pendant cinquante-deux ans l’impératrice douairière Cixi, évocation de la vie et du rôle des eunuques dans la cité interdite.
Unforgettable Life (1988)
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Genres Drama
Actors Xu Fan (徐帆), Ding Jiali
Rating52%
A host in television station named Lu Yun has an artificial abortion operation because she gets pregnant when unmarried，which makes her realize that premarital pregnancy is a very serious social problem. So she decides to make a special report on this problem.
The Horse Thief (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about Tibet
Rating68%
The film follows the titular horse thief, Norbu as he struggles to support his family in Tibet. After his son dies, however, Norbu strives to change his ways. Mirroring the starkness of the landscape, the film is nearly free of dialogue, with only the occasional terse exchange between characters.
September (1984)
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Genres Drama
Une jeune enseignante des dix-sept premières années de la République populaire de Chine aborde l'enseignement de ses étudiants avec une philosophie humaniste, ce qui lui vaut des problèmes avec les autorités.
The Warrior and the Wolf (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Historical
Actors Maggie Q, Joe Odagiri
Rating39%
General Zhang is the commander of a northern border's army camp which repels the attacking barbarians every year. When snowfall make the support of the base with supplies impossible, the troops return home.
Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
, 1h56Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Rating68%
The film follows Fei Mu's original fairly closely. Zhang Zhichen (Xin Baiqing), a city doctor, comes to visit his old friend from school Dai Liyan (Wu Jun) shortly after the war against the Japanese has ended. Dai is sickly although Zhang suspects it to be mainly a case of hypochondria. While visiting, he meets Liyan's wife, Yuwen (Hu Jingfan) and Liyan's young teenage sister Dai Xiu (Lu Sisi).
Lady of the Dynasty (2015)
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Yimou
Genres War, Historical, Romance
Actors Fàn Bīngbīng (范冰冰), Leon Lai, Joan Chen, Shun Oguri, Sam Voutas, Wen Zhang
Rating43%
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Genres Documentary
Rating70%
Carnet de voyage dans les montagnes du Tibet et du Yunnan sur la piste de l'ancienne route des caravanes du thé et des chevaux. Tian Zhuangzhuang s'est plongé au cœur des montagnes au rythme des anciennes caravanes. Filmé en numérique, c'est un poème dédié à la mémoire des anciens et aux espoirs des jeunes des montagnes.
Owl (2003)
, 1h59Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Akira Emoto, Shinobu Ōtake, Ayumi Itō, Tomorowo Taguchi
Rating65%
Around 1980, two women, a mother and a daughter, the last occupants of a farming village called "Kibogaoka" for Japanese returnees from Manchuria, are slowly starving to death. As one of the women contemplates eating a lizard, the other suggests a better way to survive. They telephone a dam construction site and offer themselves as prostitutes. A worker comes to visit them, has sex with the mother, and then they give him their "special drink". This causes him to foam at the mouth, emit animal noises, and then die. They cart his body off and celebrate getting his money.