The King

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

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Sankichi Sakata

Chikage Awashima

Yoshiko Mita

Hideo Murata

Sonny Chiba

Mikijiro Hira

Tokue Hanazawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Taiji Tonoyama

Tsûsai Sugawara

Akira Tani

Takashi Kanda