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The King

1973 1 hour 41 minutes
63/100

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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.

Released

19th May 1973

53 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 41 minutes

Finishes at 4:03pm

Ratings and awards

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    6.3/10

  • FilmFlow Logo

    63%

Directed by

Hiromichi Horikawa

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Written by

Ryôzô Kasahara

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