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