Movielogr
The King (1962)
Directed by Daisuke Itô
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.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Rentarô Mikuni | Chikage Awashima | Yoshiko Mita | Hideo Murata | Sonny Chiba | Mikijiro Hira | Tokue Hanazawa | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Taiji Tonoyama | Tsûsai Sugawara | Akira Tani | Takashi Kanda | Harue Akagi | Mitsugu Terashima | Kosaku Okano | Genji Kawai | Yoshikazu Sugi