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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Yoshiko Mita, Hideo Murata, Sonny Chiba, Mikijiro Hira, Tokue Hanazawa, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Tsûsai Sugawara, Akira Tani, Takashi Kanda, Harue Akagi
Crew: Daisuke Itō (Director), Daisuke Itō (Screenplay), Akira Ifukube (Music), Junya Satō (Assistant Director), Hideji Hōjō (Novel)