The King
The life story of the shogi master & maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.
1962•1h 32m•8.0/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
8.0/10(1)
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.
Production
Toei Company
Language
JA
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Sankichi Sakata
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
Yoshikazu Sugi
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