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Tokyo Newcomer

Tokyo Newcomer

Sino - Japan Relations

2012•1h 40m•4.6/10
RomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
4.6/10(7)

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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Production

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

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Qin Hao

Qin Hao

吉流

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Tian Yuan

Tian Yuan

Mika Naito

Janine Chang Chun-Ning

Janine Chang Chun-Ning

Nanako

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Old Woman

Toru Kazama

Toru Kazama

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

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