The King
·
1973
·1h 41min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
5/19/1973
Runtime
1h 41min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
TOHO, Toho Pictures
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
Kazuya Oguri
Ogura
Tetsuo Morishita
Shinohara
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Yamada
Dai Nagasawa
Miyamatsu
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Count Yanagisawa
Hideo Murata
Machida
Kazuo Katō
Doctor
Haruo Suzuki
Newspaper reporter
Yūjirō Ishihama
Man with gold-rimmed glasses
Yasuzō Ogawa
Postman
Chieko Harada
Otoki
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