The King

Name: The King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973-05-19
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tamao Nakamura, Mikiko Otonashi, Makoto Fujita

1973·Movie

·1h 41min·

6.3

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About

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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Actors

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

Tomo'o Nagai

Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kojima

Takamaru Sasaki

Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Takao Zushi

Koizumi

Tetsuo Morishita

Shinohara

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Yamada

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Count Yanagisawa

Hideo Murata

Machida

Kazuo Katō

Doctor

Haruo Suzuki

Newspaper reporter

Chieko Harada

Otoki

Crew

Directed by:

Yoshisuke Kawasaki, Hiromichi Horikawa

Written by:

Ryōzō Kasahara, Hideji Hōjō

Produced by:

Sanezumi Fujimoto, Michio Morioka

Composed by:

Masaru Satō, Choshichiro Sakai

Sequels and Prequels

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How long is The King?

1 h 41 min

The King runs 1 h 41 min.

What language is The King in?

Japanese

It was made in Japanese. Produced in Japan.