The King

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa

Written by Hideji Hōjō, Ryōzō Kasahara

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.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Sankichi Sakata

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kinjiro Sekine

Tamao Nakamura

Koharu Sakata

Mikiko Otonashi

Tamae Sakata

Makoto Fujita

Shinkichi

?

Kan Taniguchi

Takahama

Tomo'o Nagai

Dr. Kikuoka

Kenzō Tabu

Kojima

?

Masao Imanishi

Tamiya

Takamaru Sasaki

Kobayashi Tōhakusai

Takao Zushi

Koizumi

?

Fukami Harue

Okane