Tokyo Newcomer
6.4
“Sino - Japan Relations”
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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Cast
14 people
Qin Hao
吉流
Known for
The Long Season
The Bad Kids
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Known for
Ip Man
Alice in Borderland
Kei Yoshida
Jiang Qinmin
Tomoko Komatsuzaki
Hideo Yamamoto
Shunsuke Kubozuka
Known for
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Tian Yuan
Mika Naito
Known for
The Golden Era
Pegasus
Ning Chang
Nanako
Known for
The Abandoned
The Soul
Chieko Baisho
Old Woman
Known for
Howl's Moving Castle
Weathering with You
Toru Kazama
Known for
I Am a Hero
Hideo Nakaizumi
Known for
City of Life and Death
Cold Fish
Jiang Qinmin Director · Kei Yoshida Screenplay Hideo Yamamoto Cinematographer
First release March 22, 2012 · Produced in Japan · Languages Chinese, Japanese
Production
Wilco Co.
Production
Beijing New Performance Film
Production
Top Fun Entertainment
Production
Huaxia Film Distribution
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
初到東京
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Japanese
Release dates
China · March 22, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
September 27, 2013 · Theatrical
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