Tokyo Newcomer

March. 22,2012      
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Tian Yuan as  Mika Naito
Janine Chang as  Nanako
Chieko Baisho as  Old Woman
Toru Kazama as  

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Reviews

GazerRise
2012/03/22

Fantastic!

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Arianna Moses
2012/03/23

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Jonah Abbott
2012/03/24

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Brenda
2012/03/25

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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fallguy-60871
2012/03/26

Stumbled on to this gem on youtube. The trailers give the wrong impression of the movie's pace & content. Tokyo Newcomer is gentle, quiet & has hidden depths.

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