Go - Stockholms filmfestival

GO, based on a novel by Kazuki Kaneshiro, tells a story of immediate importance to any country dealing with a second generation of immigrants. It comments upon the sometimes complicated situation that may emerge when people are growing up within different cultures, not quite feeling that they fit into either. The main character, Sugihara, is a second generation immigrant from Korea. With a father who is fond of boxing he is taught to fight back at an early age. Violence becomes a way to get respect, to get accepted. Sugihara and his Korean friends constantly have to fight off Japanese policemen, symbols of the very society that they're not feeling that they are part of. But if violence is present, so is love. GO is distinctly inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and the love story between Sugihara and Japanese girl Sakurai is the centre of the film. This relationship summons up the entire film, its development reflecting that of Sugihara's. GO is a tragic, from time to time very dark yet humorous film. Visually the film is influenced both by classic Japanese cinema and modern Hong Kong action which makes it beautiful as well as thrilling. It won eight Japanese Academy Awards in 2001, among others for Best Director and Best Cinematography. SOFIA BULL

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Medverkande
Youke Kuboyuka, Kou Shibasaki, Tsutomu Yamazaki: Producent
Shigeyuki Endo: Manus
Kankuro Kudo: Foto
Katsumi Yanagijima: Musik
Meyna Co.: Talat språk
Japanese