The King 1962
"The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era."
Overview
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 ItΕ
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Chikage Awashima
Yoshiko Mita
Hideo Murata
Sonny Chiba
Mikijiro Hira
Tokue Hanazawa
RyΕsuke Kagawa
Taiji Tonoyama
TsΓ»sai Sugawara
