They’re not even playing gomoku. I have no idea what this is.
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That could still be a very valid pic of a go game between beginners.
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I just watched this episode with my partner
and we were laughing when the more experienced player congratulated the beginner after they won, and said: “No one has beaten me at this game in years!”
And we were like, “He’s probably 20k or so, but he’s the only Go player on that ship.” “That’s a very realistic explanation.”
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One of many kifu that appear in PAPERS, a short abstract animated film by Satoh Yoshinao (1991). You can watch it on YouTube.
This game is played by Yoda Norimoto and Cho Chikun at 1991-01-30 during the 16th Japanese Meijin.
Black (Yoda) wins by 0.5 with 5.5 Komi.
Strictly not a movie or a TV show, but a book.
In Robert van Gulik’s Judge Dee series the book titled The Chinese Lake Murders feature the game of go (chapter 5).
This strange go problem is shown in chapter 5.
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turn on subtitles button
(parody)
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I started watching this, Go is actually part of the plot. So far, so good.
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The Murky Stream ep01
One bandit and a noble civil servant play together, they are in a partnership to pocket the more money possible from worker and merchant,
Black, the bandit seem to win the game, is the one who has the abitility and the smart, but white, the nobleman has the superior social position. And decide to throw away the board to show who has the power. Such a humble man.
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So, there are lots of Go games scattered around the world of CYBERPUNK 2077, but they all have this ridiculous mismatch between the size of the lines on the goban and the size of the actual stones, rendering any stone positions slightly useless
Points for effort 
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I decided that the baduk scenes in “the glory” merit some more love, so here it is; enjoy!
the Glory Ep02
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“Good News”2025
crazy hilarious scene with a baduk game as part of it.
The chief of staff playing with his daughter(?) while “handling” a situations on the phone.
The girl(white) was looking very annoyed 
Excellent satiric movie, recomended !
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The stones look expensive!
Last pic it’s a nice tesuji
Actually, agate (white) and onyx (black) go stones are relatively cheap, compared to shell and slate stones of similar thickness. In Europe they cost around E160 (see: Go-Spiele / Hebsacker Verlag. Because of ‘impurities’ the agate stones each differ a bit from each other. They can also come in white / grey stripes and color. They are more common in China than anywhere else.
Check out other semi precious stones at Go-spiele (link above), Ebay: Shadow 436 or Baduk Club: Exotic Go Stones. These are a bit more expensive. In both last cases, the stones come from someone who uses the name Erythen as his handle (KGS). That person also has written a guide on how to properly clean and wax shell- / oil slate stones and a nice story about his visit to Kuroki Goishiten, while on a journey in Japan.
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