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The King

19731h 41mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorHiromichi Horikawa
WriterRyōzō Kasahara
ProducersSanezumi Fujimoto·Michio Morioka

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Cast · Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa

SKShintarō Katsu
Shintarō Katsu
Sankichi Sakata
TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kinjiro Sekine
TNTamao Nakamura
Tamao Nakamura
Koharu Sakata
MOMikiko Otonashi
Mikiko Otonashi
Tamae Sakata
MFMakoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita
Shinkichi
KT
Kan Taniguchi
Takahama
TNTomo'o Nagai
Tomo'o Nagai
Dr. Kikuoka
KTKenzō Tabu
Kenzō Tabu
Kojima
MI
Masao Imanishi
Tamiya
TSTakamaru Sasaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Kobayashi Tōhakusai
TZTakao Zushi
Takao Zushi
Koizumi
FH
Fukami Harue
Okane

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