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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
Sonny Chiba
Tokue Hanazawa
Rentaro Mikuni
Yoshiko Mita
Chikage Awashima
Taiji Tonoyama
Harue Akagi
Mikijiro Hira
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Genji Kawai
Takashi Kanda
Hideo Murata
Tsûsai Sugawara
Akira Tani
Mitsugu Terashima
Kosaku Okano
Yoshikazu Sugi
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