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Movie: Go
Director: Isao Yukisada
Writer: Kazuki Kaneshiro (novel), Kankuro Kudo
Producer: Mitsuru Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagijima
Release Date: October 20, 2001
Runtime: 146 min.
Production Company: Toei
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Sugihara (Yosuke Kubozuka) was born and raised in Japan, but he's ethnically a Korean-Japanese. His father (Tsutomu Yamazaki) emigrated from North Korea and eventually married a Japanese woman (Tsutomu Yamazaki). His father was a very good boxer back in North Korea and trained his son boxing from an early age. The training would prove very helpful.

Sugihara started his education by going to a North Korean school in Japan. The curriculum emphasized strict Marxist ideology favored by the North Korean regime. Sugihara did not agree with the curriculum and, literally, marched his way into the local public high school. When Sugihara arrives at his new school he has to deal with boys who challenges him to fights daily and a beautiful girl (Kou Shibasaki) who takes an interest in him.

Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka - Sugihara (Lee)
Kou Shibasaki - Sakurai, Tsubaki
Shinobu Ootake - Michiko (mother of Sugihara)
Taro Yamamoto - Tawake
Tsutomu Yamazaki - Hideyoshi (father of Sugihara)
Hirofumi Arai - Won-su
Anri Ban
Masato Hagiwara - Policeman
Takato Hosoyamada - Jeong-ir
Atsushi Ida
Ryuzo Ishida
Tomoko Ishikawa
Takeshi Kikuchi
Min Kim - Naomi
Maria Kitazawa
Ryosuke Koshiba
Atsushi Matsuda
Asami Mizukawa
Mitsuru Murata - Kato
Gye-nam Myeong - Staff of South Korean embassy
Takeshi Nakajima
Gouki Nishimura
Ren Osugi - Taxi driver
Sansei Shiomi - Kim seonsaeng-nim
Rina Takagi
Yoji Tanaka
Kanji Tsuda
Haruka Sugata

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Awards

2001 (44th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 8, 2002
- "Best Director"
- "Best Supporting Actor" (Tsutomu Yamazaki)
- "Best Newcomer" (Kou Shibasaki)
2002 (25th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2002
- "Director of the Year"
- "Screenplay of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Yosuke Kubozuka)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" (Tsutomu Yamazaki)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" (Kou Shibasaki)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" (Katsumi Yanagijima)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction" (Hitoshi Takaya)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing" (Tsuyoshi Imai)
- "Rookie of the Year" (Yosuke Kubozuka)/(Kou Shibasaki)