

The King
1973-05-19 · 101 min · Not rated
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.
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- Directors
- Hiromichi Horikawa
- Production companies
- TOHO, Toho Pictures
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shintarō KatsuSankichi Sakata
Tatsuya NakadaiKinjiro Sekine
Tamao NakamuraKoharu Sakata
Mikiko OtonashiTamae Sakata
Makoto FujitaShinkichi
Tomo'o NagaiDr. Kikuoka
Kenzō TabuKojima
Takamaru SasakiKobayashi Tōhakusai
Takao ZushiKoizumi
Tetsuo MorishitaShinohara
Katsuhiko SasakiYamada
Ichirō RyūzakiCount Yanagisawa
Hideo MurataMachida
Kazuo KatōDoctor
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