The Go Master

The 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 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.

With the breakout of the Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, Wu Qingyuan (Chang Chen) and his family are thrown into an uncomfortable and dangerous position as Chinese nationals residing in Japan. While Wu's family returns to China, he chooses to stay behind in his adopted country to continue to pursue the game of Go. In the quiet recluse of his school, there are no politics, only the singular dedication to his art and the love for his wife Kazuko (Ayumi Ito). However, the chaos of the times eventually forces him out of his enclave, throwing his life and mind into conflict.^[1]

Wu's career ends abruptly when he is struck by a motorcycle in a collision which does not appear to be an accident. This real-life incident may have been a conspiracy against him by opponents in the world of Go, where he remained an unshakable winner. He is later hospitalized and can no longer play Go due to brain trauma. Despite this, the film ends nostalgically in the golden room of Go.

• Chang Chen as Wu Qingyuan
• Sylvia Chang as Shu Wen
• Akira Emoto como Kensaku Segoe
• Ayumi Ito como Kazuko Nakahara
• Xin Baiqing como Wu Yan
• Keiko Matsuzaka como Fumiko Kita
• Kaho Minami como Nagako Nagaoka
• Hironobu Nomura como Yasunari Kawabata
• Takashi Nishina como Minoru Kitani
• Nao Omori como Utaro Hashimoto
• Takayuki Inoue como Shusai Honinbo
• Betty Huang como Wu Qingying
• Li Xuejian como Li Yutang

Wu Qingyuan es interpretado por el actor taiwanés Chang Chen . Chang fue nominado al premio Golden Horse 2006 al mejor actor por su interpretación. El verdadero Wu Qingyuan hace una breve aparición en el prólogo de la película. ^{[ 2 ]} Producida por Liu Xiaodian con los productores ejecutivos Wang Jun , Own Chen , Wouter Barendrecht y Michael J. Werner . El guion fue escrito por Ah Cheng . El diseño de vestuario estuvo a cargo de la aclamada Emi Wada , famosa por películas como Ran de Kurosawa , Sueños , así como Hero y La casa de las dagas voladoras de Zhang Yimou .

AO Scott de The New York Times calificó a The Go Master como "una película biográfica solemne y respetuosa", así como "deliberada y contemplativa en lugar de dramática o psicológicamente indagadora" y "magníficamente filmada". ^{[ 3 ]} La película fue nominada a Logro en Cinematografía en los Premios Asia Pacific Screen de 2007 .

• El maestro del Go en IMDb
• El maestro del Go en Rotten Tomatoes
• El maestro del Go en Metacritic
• The Go Master archivado el 27/09/2007 en Wayback Machine de Fortissimo Films.