Movie·1962·1h 32m
The King
The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 王将
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.
Music
Akira Ifukube
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Chikage Awashima
Yoshiko Mita
Hideo Murata
Sonny Chiba
Mikijiro Hira
Tokue Hanazawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Tsûsai Sugawara
Akira Tani
Takashi Kanda
Harue Akagi
Mitsugu Terashima
Kosaku Okano
Genji Kawai
Yoshikazu Sugi
// crew
Crew
Daisuke Itō
Screenplay, Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
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