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Go Spotting: "Fist of Legend"; Podcast Picks Kageyama's "Fundamentals"; "Ten Nights of Dreams"

"Fist of Legend": "Just noticed a go board being used for gomoku in the 1994 Jet Li film 'Fist of Legend,'" writes an E-Journal reader. " The scene is about 1 hour 16 minutes into the film." 
Podcast Picks Kageyama's "Fundamentals": "At the end of the 'Keeping Libraries and Utilities Small and Simple' podcast, Michel Martens picks "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go," writes John Hager. "Lessons" is Toshiro Kageyama's classic book for anyone just picking up the game. 
"Ten Nights of Dreams": In the 2006 movie "Ten Nights of Dreams," based on the short story collection by Natsume Soseki, the ninth dream has several scenes with go stones, reports David Matson. "No bowls, goban or mention of the game, but it is an enjoyable experience.  If Kurosawa and Fellini had ten children together, then something like this would be the result."