The King
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.
Crew and Cast
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Info
- Original title
- 王将
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 23 November 1962
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- TMDB score
- 8.0 / 10 (1 votes)
Production
- Director
- Daisuke Itō
- Writers
- Daisuke Itō, Hideji Hōjō
- Studios
- Toei Company
- Countries
- Japan
Languages
- Original
- Japanese
- Spoken
- Japanese