

The King
1973 · 101 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Hiromichi Horikawa
- Writers
- Hideji Hōjō, Ryōzō Kasahara
- Released
- May 19, 1973
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
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