Review of The Go Master (2007) by Zachary L — 03 Oct 2008

Even though this is a retelling of actual events surrounding one man, I was hoping for more Go action and got very few shots of the boards themselves. The main character is almost essentially a mute, even when interacting with his wife.

We are told the story of his personal struggles and triumphs either through the actions of others or the scripts written on screen. Not exactly high action or drama here as it is more of a biopic. Everything moves along rather slowly as we follow along Wu Qinyuan's life as the number one Go master in Japan during the war.

Not my cup of tea but maybe I was expecting too much rather than a slow moving documentary on his life.