The King

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.

• Daisuke ItōScreenplay
• Daisuke ItōDirector
• Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer

• Rentaro MikuniCast
• Chikage AwashimaCast
• Yoshiko MitaCast
• Hideo MurataCast
• Sonny ChibaCast
• Mikijiro HiraCast
• Tokue HanazawaCast
• Ryōsuke KagawaCast
• Taiji TonoyamaCast
• Tsûsai SugawaraCast
• Akira TaniCast
• Takashi KandaCast