Synopsis

Two old friends and lifelong rivals are nearing 80 years old, before leaving they decided to battle it out through chess, but did not expect the battle to be incredibly tough.

Staff

Producer Bin HE

Scenario Guanghan LI, Seezr

Co-director David SHIEH

Program Note

On a night lit by a full moon, two opposing armies stand under banners of blue and red. From their ranks emerge armored commanders who fight with mighty swords and shields. The battlefield is like a scene from an epic historical drama, but it soon transforms into a chess board beneath a blazing sun. Two white-haired old men, their eyes blazing like generals in battle, play the game as if their lifelong pride rested on it. They are not bitter enemies but best friends. The production team thought of their parents’ generation as they used AI to reduce the labor and production time while increasing efficiency. Is this the new trend in animation in an age of low birth rates and an aging population? LEE Kyunghwa