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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1962-11-23
- video_camera_front Companies Toei Company
- timer Runtime: 92 Mins
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- info IMDB ID tt0056316
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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
Mitsugu Terashima
Kosaku Okano
Genji Kawai
Yoshikazu Sugi
groups Crew
Akira Ifukube
Music
Daisuke Itō
Screenplay
Junya Satō
Assistant Director
Daisuke Itō
Director
Hideji Hōjō
Novel
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