Poster for the movie Hikaru no Go

Hikaru no Go

2001 — 2003 • 23 minutes
AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Hikaru Shindō is just a normal 12-year-old boy, but one day he's rummaging through his grandfather's things to see if he can find something to sell and pulls out an old go board. A ghostly apparition appears out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Fujiwara no Sai, a man who was a go instructor to the emperor of Japan a thousand years ago. However, because of the bad sportsmanship of his opponent during a game, Sai was accused of cheating and banished from the city. With no livelihood or any other reason to live, Sai committed suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a go board, and wants to accomplish the perfect go game, called the "Hand of God" which he hopes to do through Hikaru. If Hikaru will be able to do it or not (or even wants to) will have to be seen.

Picture of Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Hikaru Shindō

Picture of Susumu Chiba

Susumu Chiba

Fujiwara no Sai

Picture of Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Akira Toya

Picture of Yumi Kakazu

Yumi Kakazu

Akari Fujisaki

Picture of Makoto Tsumura

Makoto Tsumura

Kimihiro Tsutsui

Picture of Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Tetsuo Kaga

Picture of Yuu Asakawa

Yuu Asakawa

Yuki Mitani

Picture of Mayumi Asano

Mayumi Asano

Okumura

Picture of Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Kaoru Kishimoto

Picture of Reiko Takagi

Reiko Takagi

Yoshitaka Waya

Picture of Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura

Isumi Shinichirou

Picture of Yoko Matsuoka

Yoko Matsuoka

Kosuke Ochi

Picture of Atsuko Enomoto

Atsuko Enomoto

Asumi Nase

Picture of Wasabi Mizuta

Wasabi Mizuta

Yuuta Fukui

Picture of Eizo Tsuda

Eizo Tsuda

Kouyou Touya

Picture of Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Seiji Ogata

Picture of Rokuro Naya

Rokuro Naya

Kuwabara Honinbo

Picture of Eriko Fujimaki

Eriko Fujimaki

Shi Zhao

Picture of Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Ichikawa-san

Picture of Eriko Kawasaki

Eriko Kawasaki

Mitani's Sister