The King
NR
0 votes
1973
1h 41m
Drama
Overview
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.
Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa
Top cast
Shintarō Katsu
Sankichi Sakata
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kinjiro Sekine
Tamao Nakamura
Koharu Sakata
Mikiko Otonashi
Tamae Sakata
Makoto Fujita
ShinkichiK
Kan Taniguchi
Takahama
Tomo'o Nagai
Dr. Kikuoka
Kenzō Tabu
KojimaM
Masao Imanishi
Tamiya
Takamaru Sasaki
Kobayashi Tōhakusai
Takao Zushi
KoizumiF
Fukami Harue
OkaneK
Kazuya Oguri
Ogura
Tetsuo Morishita
Shinohara
Katsuhiko Sasaki
YamadaD
Dai Nagasawa
Miyamatsu
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Count Yanagisawa
Hideo Murata
Machida
Kazuo Katō
Doctor
Haruo Suzuki
Newspaper reporterDetails
Status
Released
Release date
May 19, 1973
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Japanese
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