Tokyo Newcomer
2012, Chinese. Directed by Jiang Qinmin.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 22 March 2012
- Original title
- 初到東京
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kei Yoshida
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Tokyo Newcomer runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Who directed Tokyo Newcomer?
Tokyo Newcomer (2012) was directed by Jiang Qinmin and stars Qin Hao, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shunsuke Kubozuka.