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The King

Name: The King
Director: Daisuke Itō
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-11-23
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Yoshiko Mita, Hideo Murata, Sonny Chiba

Release Date: November 23, 1962

Genre: Drama

Duration: 1h 32m

Director: Daisuke Itō

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Yoshiko Mita, Hideo Murata, Sonny Chiba

Storyline

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.