The King

1973

1h 41m

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Drama

Overview

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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies

TOHO Toho Pictures

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Keywords

based on play or musical shogi taisho period

Quick Facts

Original Title	王将
Release Date	May 19, 1973
Status	Released
Language	JA
IMDb ID	tt0377020

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

Kan Taniguchi

Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai

Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kojima

Masao Imanishi

Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki

Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Takao Zushi

Koizumi

Fukami Harue

Okane

Key Crew

Hiromichi Horikawa

Director

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Producer

Michio Morioka