Tokyo Newcomer (2013)

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Movie: Tokyo Newcomer
Romaji: Tokyo ni Kita Bakari
Japanese: 東京に来たばかり

Chinese: 初到东京
Director: Qinmin Jiang
Writer: Qinmin Jiang
Producer: Chikako Nakabayashi
Cinematographer: Shinji Kugimiya, Hideo Yamamoto
Release Date: March 23, 2012 (China) / November 9, 2013 (Japan)
Runtime: 100 min.
Distributor: ARK Entertainment
Language: Japanese, Chinese
Country: Japan

Synopsis

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.