The King

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1973 · 101 min · Drama

Overview

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.

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa

Cast