Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup

Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup

77 mins | Drama, Adventure, Animation | Jan. 3, 2004

Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take part in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira's Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned...

Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup

77 mins | Drama, Adventure, Animation | Jan. 3, 2004

Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup
Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take part in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira's Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned...
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Pierrot
Original title ヒカルの碁 スペシャル 北斗杯への道
Directors Tetsuya Endo
Writers Tetsuya Endo, Takeshi Obata, Michiko Yokote

Cast

Tomoko Kawakami

as Hikaru

Sanae Kobayashi

as Akira Touya

Keiji Fujiwara

as Seiji Ogata (voice) /

Yurika Hino

as Hikaru's mother (voice)

Mitsuaki Hoshino

as Hirose

Katashi Ishizuka

as Kiyoharu

Rokuro Naya

as Honinbou Kuwabara (voice)