Film
The King
1962 · 1h 32m · Drama
The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.
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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.
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Chikage Awashima
Yoshiko Mita
Hideo Murata
Sonny Chiba
Mikijiro Hira
Tokue Hanazawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Tsûsai Sugawara
Akira Tani
Takashi Kanda
Harue Akagi
Mitsugu Terashima
Kosaku Okano
Genji Kawai
Crew
- Daisuke ItōScreenplay · Director
- Hideji HōjōNovel
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 23, 1962
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
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