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    The King

    101'

    1973-05-19

    N/A

    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.

    DirectingHiromichi HorikawaWritingHideji Hōjō

    Cast

    2

    Sankichi Sakata

    Shintarō Katsu

    3

    Kinjiro Sekine

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    2

    Koharu Sakata

    Tamao Nakamura

    1

    Tamae Sakata

    Mikiko Otonashi

    1

    Shinkichi

    Makoto Fujita

    1

    Takahama

    Kan Taniguchi

    1

    Dr. Kikuoka

    Tomo'o Nagai

    1

    Kojima

    Kenzō Tabu

    1

    Tamiya

    Masao Imanishi

    1

    Kobayashi Tōhakusai

    Takamaru Sasaki

    1

    Koizumi

    Takao Zushi

    1

    Okane

    Fukami Harue

    1

    Ogura

    Kazuya Oguri

    1

    Shinohara

    Tetsuo Morishita

    1

    Yamada

    Katsuhiko Sasaki

    1

    Miyamatsu

    Dai Nagasawa

    1

    Count Yanagisawa

    Ichirō Ryūzaki

    1

    Machida

    Hideo Murata

    1

    Doctor

    Kazuo Katō

    1

    Newspaper reporter

    Haruo Suzuki

    1

    Man with gold-rimmed glasses

    Yūjirō Ishihama

    1

    Postman

    Yasuzō Ogawa

    1

    Otoki

    Chieko Harada

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. TOHO
      2. Toho Pictures
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.4972
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:王将

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