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The King

The King

1973•1h 41m•Drama

Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to keep playing in the hope of defeating star player Sekine.

Hiromichi Horikawa · Director

Ryōzō Kasahara · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageJA
Release DateMay 19, 1973

Actors

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

Kan Taniguchi

Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Kojima

Masao Imanishi

Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Takao Zushi

Takao Zushi

Koizumi

Fukami Harue

Okane

Kazuya Oguri

Ogura

Tetsuo Morishita

Tetsuo Morishita

Shinohara

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Yamada

Dai Nagasawa

Miyamatsu

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