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The King

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

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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Language

JA

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Production

Toei Company

Lead production company

Scope

92 min

Total runtime

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Featured Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Acting

Chikage Awashima

Acting

Yoshiko Mita

Acting

Hideo Murata

Acting

Sonny Chiba

Acting

Mikijiro Hira

Acting

Tokue Hanazawa

Acting

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Acting

Taiji Tonoyama

Acting

Tsûsai Sugawara

Acting

Akira Tani

Acting

Takashi Kanda

Acting

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Daisuke Itō

Daisuke Itō

Screenplay

Writing

Junya Satō

Junya Satō

Assistant Director

Directing

Daisuke Itō

Daisuke Itō

Director

Directing

Hideji Hōjō

Novel

Writing

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

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8.0

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