Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Hiromichi Horikawa
- Writers
- Ryōzō Kasahara
- Release Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 101 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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