The King (1973)
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
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Shintarō Katsu as Sankichi Sakata |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kinjiro Sekine |
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Tamao Nakamura as Koharu Sakata |
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Mikiko Otonashi as Tamae Sakata |
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Makoto Fujita as Shinkichi |
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Kan Taniguchi as Takahama |
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Tomo'o Nagai as Dr. Kikuoka |
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Kenzō Tabu as Kojima |
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Masao Imanishi as Tamiya |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Kobayashi Tōhakusai |
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Takao Zushi as Koizumi |
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Fukami Harue as Okane |
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Kazuya Oguri as Ogura |
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Tetsuo Morishita as Shinohara |
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Katsuhiko Sasaki as Yamada |
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Dai Nagasawa as Miyamatsu |
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Ichirō Ryūzaki as Count Yanagisawa |
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Hideo Murata as Machida |
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Kazuo Katō as Doctor |
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Haruo Suzuki as Newspaper reporter |
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Yûjirô Ishihama as Man with gold-rimmed glasses |
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Yasuzō Ogawa as Postman |
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Chieko Harada as Otoki |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Director |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Production | Michio Morioka | Producer |
| Writing | Hideji Hōjō | Novel |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yuzuru Aizawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Art Direction |
| Lighting | 羽田昭三 | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Directing | Yoshisuke Kawasaki | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Choshichiro Sakai | Sound Recordist |
