The King

The King

1962
1h 32m
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Drama

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

Overview

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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

shogi taisho period

Quick Facts

Original Title 王将
Release Date November 23, 1962
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0056316

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni

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
Akira Tani

Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda

Key Crew

Daisuke Itō
Screenplay
Daisuke Itō
Director