The King

Name: The King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973
Duration: 101 min

1973 · 101 min

Drama

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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.

Crew

Director Hiromichi Horikawa
Screenplay Ryōzō Kasahara
Director of Photography Yuzuru Aizawa

Cast

Shintarō Katsu
Sankichi Sakata
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kinjiro Sekine
Tamao Nakamura
Koharu Sakata
Mikiko Otonashi
Tamae Sakata
Makoto Fujita
Shinkichi
K
Kan Taniguchi
Takahama
Tomo'o Nagai
Dr. Kikuoka
Kenzō Tabu
Kojima
M
Masao Imanishi
Tamiya
Takamaru Sasaki
Kobayashi Tōhakusai
Takao Zushi
Koizumi
F
Fukami Harue
Okane

Crew

Director — Hiromichi Horikawa
Screenplay — Ryōzō Kasahara
Director of Photography — Yuzuru Aizawa

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Intermission

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