Born in Fujian, moved to Japan at 14, and dominated top-rank Go for over two decades by defeating every leading Japanese master in head-to-head 'jubango' matches. Kept Chinese citizenship most of his life despite playing on the Japanese circuit.
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His Japanese name 'Go Seigen' (呉清源) is the on-yomi reading of the same characters. Tian Zhuangzhuang directed the 2006 biopic 《吴清源》 starring Chang Chen.
