The King
- 1973
- 1h 41m
- Drama
Overview
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.
Fun facts
- Source for Music, opens in a new tab
Music
Music by Masaru Sato
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hideji HōjōNovel
- Ryōzō KasaharaScreenplay
- Original title
- 王将
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 19, 1973
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Shintarō KatsuSankichi Sakata
Tatsuya NakadaiKinjiro Sekine
Tamao NakamuraKoharu Sakata
Mikiko OtonashiTamae Sakata
Makoto FujitaShinkichi- Kan TaniguchiTakahama
Tomo'o NagaiDr. Kikuoka
Kenzō TabuKojima- Masao ImanishiTamiya
Takamaru SasakiKobayashi Tōhakusai
Takao ZushiKoizumi- Fukami HarueOkane
- Kazuya OguriOgura
Tetsuo MorishitaShinohara
Katsuhiko SasakiYamada- Dai NagasawaMiyamatsu
Ichirō RyūzakiCount Yanagisawa
Hideo MurataMachida
Kazuo KatōDoctor
Haruo SuzukiNewspaper reporter
More like this
Samurai Rebellion1967Rating: 8.2 out of 10
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima1973Rating: 7.3 out of 10
Taboo1999Rating: 6.6 out of 10
House of Bamboo1955Rating: 6.2 out of 10
BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-2024Rating: 7.6 out of 10
Fast Girls2012Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Beast2026Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Hardball2001Rating: 6.5 out of 10
The Sword of Doom1966Rating: 7.8 out of 10
Harmonium2016Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius2004Rating: 5.9 out of 10
Blue Chips1994Rating: 6.1 out of 10
Hands of Stone2016Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Inside I'm Dancing2004Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Gigi & Nate2022Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Sakuran2006Rating: 6.5 out of 10
The Ballad of Narayama1983Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Hachiko1987Rating: 7.8 out of 10
The Tale of Zatoichi1962Rating: 7.3 out of 10
Skin2009Rating: 6.4 out of 10