CinemaOSMovie · 1973 · 1h 41m

The King

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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.

Directed byHiromichi Horikawa

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
JA
Released
May 19, 1973
Studios
TOHOToho Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

Kan Taniguchi

Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Kojima

Masao Imanishi

Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Creative team
Directed by
Hiromichi Horikawa
Hiromichi Horikawa
Written by
Ryōzō Kasahara
Produced by
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Michio Morioka

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