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    The King

    92'

    1962-11-23

    8

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

    Drama

    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.

    WritingDaisuke ItōDirectingJunya Satō

    Cast

    2

    Sankichi Sakata

    Rentaro Mikuni

    2

    Chikage Awashima

    2

    Yoshiko Mita

    1

    Hideo Murata

    4

    Sonny Chiba

    2

    Mikijiro Hira

    1

    Tokue Hanazawa

    2

    Ryōsuke Kagawa

    2

    Taiji Tonoyama

    1

    Tsûsai Sugawara

    1

    Akira Tani

    1

    Takashi Kanda

    1

    Harue Akagi

    1

    Mitsugu Terashima

    1

    Kosaku Okano

    1

    Genji Kawai

    1

    Yoshikazu Sugi

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Toei Company
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.4348
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:王将

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