Go (2001 film)

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Go
Directed by Isao Yukisada
Produced by Mitsuru Kurosawa
Written by Kazuki Kaneshiro
Kankurō Kudō
Starring Yosuke Kubozuka
Kou Shibasaki
Shinobu Ōtake
Taro Yamamoto
Music by Yôko Kumagai
Hidehiko Urayama
Cinematography Katsumi Yanagishima
Editing by Takeshi Imai
Release date(s) Flag of Japan October 20, 2001
Flag of the United States January 16, 2002
Running time 122 min.
Country Flag of Japan Japan
Language Japanese
IMDb profile

Go is a 2001 Japanese movie by Isao Yukisada, based from the novel written by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The film stars Kubozuka Yōsuke (Sugihara/Lee) and Kou Shibasaki (Tsubaki Sakurai). It tells the story of a Japanese boy of Korean origins (Kubozuka) and his love story with a Japanese girl (Shibasaki). The central theme of the movie is about the integration problems of a zainichi boy in Japanese society.

[edit] Selected Cast

  • Yōsuke Kubozuka - Sugihara/Lee
  • Kō Shibasaki - Tsubaki Sakurai
  • Hirofumi Arai - Won-Su
  • Taro Yamamoto - Tawake
  • Takato Hosoyamada - Jong-Il
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki - Hideyoshi (Sugihara/Lee's father)
  • Shinobu Ōtake - Michiko (Sugihara/Lee's mother)
  • Ren Osugi - Taxi Driver
  • Masato Hagiwara - Policeman
  • Asami Mizukawa - Korean girl at train station
  • Mitsuru Murata - Kato
  • Sansei Shiomi - Kim Seonsaeng-nim (North Korean teacher)

[edit] External links

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