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The King

The King

★ 8.0/10•1962•1h 32m•Drama

The life story of the shogi master & maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.

Daisuke Itō · Screenplay

Daisuke Itō · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageJA
Release DateNov 23, 1962

Actors

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Sankichi Sakata

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Hideo Murata

Hideo Murata

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Tsûsai Sugawara

Tsûsai Sugawara

Akira Tani

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Mitsugu Terashima

Kosaku Okano

Genji Kawai

Genji Kawai

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