The King

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.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

as Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura

as Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Mikiko Otonashi

as Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Makoto Fujita

as Shinkichi

Kan Taniguchi

Kan Taniguchi

as Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

as Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

as Kojima

Masao Imanishi

Masao Imanishi

as Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

as Kobayashi Tōhakusai

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