

The King
1973 • 1h 41m • Drama
Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to keep playing in the hope of defeating star player Sekine.
- Director
- Hiromichi Horikawa
- Writers
- Ryōzō Kasahara
- Status
- Released
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Top Cast

Shintarō Katsu
Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura
Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi
Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita
Shinkichi
Kan Taniguchi
Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai
Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu
Kojima
Masao Imanishi
Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki
Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Takao Zushi
Koizumi
Fukami Harue
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