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王将 (1962)
The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.
92 minDrama
TMDb8.0/101 votes
Translated title: The King
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.
Country: Japan
Director: Daisuke Itō
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Chikage Awashima
Yoshiko Mita
Hideo Murata
Sonny Chiba
Mikijiro Hira
Tokue Hanazawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Tsûsai Sugawara
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Akira Tani
Takashi Kanda
Harue Akagi
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Mitsugu Terashima
Keywords
Plot:shogitaisho period
