The King

The King (1962)

The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1962-11-23
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Daisuke Itō

Summary

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.

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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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  • Mitsugu Terashima

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  • Kosaku Okano

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  • Genji Kawai

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  • Yoshikazu Sugi

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Writing Daisuke Itō Screenplay
Directing Junya Satō Assistant Director
Directing Daisuke Itō Director
Writing Hideji Hōjō Novel
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer

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