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The King
1962, Nov 23
1h 32m
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.
Directed by
Daisuke Itō
Tokue Hanazawa
Sonny Chiba
Yoshiko Mita
Chikage Awashima
Rentaro Mikuni
Mikijiro Hira
Takashi Kanda
Taiji Tonoyama
Hideo Murata
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Harue Akagi
Genji Kawai
Tsûsai Sugawara
Akira Tani
Mitsugu Terashima
Kosaku Okano
Yoshikazu Sugi
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