Film · Drama
The King (1962)
The life story of the shogi master & maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.
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.
- Director
- Daisuke Itō
- Writers
- Daisuke Itō, Hideji Hōjō
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- November 23, 1962
- Original title
- 王将
The King was released on November 23, 1962.
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The King cast
Rentaro MikuniSankichi Sakata
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
