Tokyo Newcomer (2013)

Original title

初到東京

Directed by

Jiang Qinmin

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young Chinese Go prodigy moves to Tokyo to perfect his skills. He meets an elderly woman who sells goods from Chiba, and later her grandson who gets into trouble with the yakuza.

poignantslow-burnmelancholicintimatecontemplativecharacter-driventenderunderstated

What happens

「東京に来たばかり」（とうきょうにきたばかり）は2012年における日中共同製作映画である。ジャン・チンミン監督。倍賞千恵子、チン・ハオ、中泉英雄、チャン・チュンニン、ティエン・ユエンがこの映画に主演した。 天才棋士の中国人青年・吉流(よしりゅう)は、囲碁の修行のため東京へとやって来る。ある日、千葉から東京に行商に来ている老婦人・五十嵐君江と出会う。やがて吉流は君江の孫・翔一とも仲良くなるが、翔一は恋人の奈菜子を守るために暴力団と衝突、わき腹を刺されて吉流のアパートに逃げ込んで来るのだった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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