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 & Crew

Director

Hiromichi Horikawa

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

Kan Taniguchi

Takahama