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The King

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.

1962 |1h 32m |  Drama

Cast

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Rentaro Mikuni

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Chikage Awashima

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Yoshiko Mita

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Hideo Murata

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Sonny Chiba

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Mikijiro Hira

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Tokue Hanazawa

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Ryōsuke Kagawa

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Taiji Tonoyama

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Tsûsai Sugawara

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Akira Tani

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Takashi Kanda

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Harue Akagi

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Genji Kawai

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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