The King

The King (1962)

The life story of the shogi master&maniac Sankichi Sakata in the Meiji era.

TMDb

0.0

23/11/1962 • 1h 32m
original-title

王将

status

Released

production-companies

Toei Company

original-language

Japanese

budget

-

revenue

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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.

director
production-countries

Japan

spoken-languages

Japanese

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