Movie details

The King(1962)

Name: The King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-11-23
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Yoshiko Mita, Hideo Murata, Sonny Chiba

The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.

Drama

Status: Released
Release date: 1962-11-23
Runtime: 1h 32m
Rating: 8.0 / 10 (1 votes)
Original language: ja
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 1
Adult content: No

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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.

Original title: 王将