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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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 63
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for dramas, −8 min on the typical 109
typical 109101Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1973
May 19, 1973
53 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
23 of 23
Shintarō KatsuSankichi Sakata
Tatsuya NakadaiKinjiro Sekine
Tamao NakamuraKoharu Sakata
Mikiko OtonashiTamae Sakata
Makoto FujitaShinkichi- KTKan TaniguchiTakahama
Tomo'o NagaiDr. Kikuoka
Kenzō TabuKojima- MIMasao ImanishiTamiya
Takamaru SasakiKobayashi Tōhakusai
Takao ZushiKoizumi- FHFukami HarueOkane
- KOKazuya OguriOgura
Tetsuo MorishitaShinohara
Katsuhiko SasakiYamada- DNDai NagasawaMiyamatsu
Ichirō RyūzakiCount Yanagisawa
Hideo MurataMachida
Kazuo KatōDoctor
Haruo SuzukiNewspaper reporter- YIYūjirō IshihamaMan with gold-rimmed glasses
- YOYasuzō OgawaPostman
Chieko HaradaOtoki
Directing · 2
- Hiromichi Horikawa Director
- Yoshisuke Kawasaki Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Ryōzō Kasahara Screenplay
- Hideji Hōjō Novel
Production · 2
- Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer
- Michio Morioka Producer
Camera · 1
- Yuzuru Aizawa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor
Sound · 2
- Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
- Choshichiro Sakai Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Satoru Chūko Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- 羽田昭三 Lighting Technician
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