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Feature film — 2012

Tokyo Newcomer (2012)

4.61h 40mRomance — Drama

A young Chinese Go board game player arrives in Japan for training. He doesn't speak Japanese and becomes embarrassed living there. By dropping his Go stones, he happens to meet an old Japanese woman who sells vegetables on the street. They become familiar with each other. The young Chinese Go player, the old woman named Igarashi and her grandson Shoichi then live together.

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A high-signal pick with 7 votes.

Wilco Co. / Beijing New Performance Film / Top Fun Entertainment / Huaxia Film Distribution

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Director: Jiang Qinmin

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Cast & crew

Qin Hao as 吉流

Qin Hao

吉流

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Shunsuke Kubozuka as

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Tian Yuan as Mika Naito

Tian Yuan

Mika Naito

Ning Chang as Nanako

Ning Chang

Nanako

Chieko Baisho as Old Woman

Chieko Baisho

Old Woman

Toru Kazama as

Toru Kazama

Hideo Nakaizumi as

Hideo Nakaizumi

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