The Grand Master (1948)
王将
Based on the true story of master shogi player, Sankichi Sakata.
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost for Sakata to follow his passion?
- Date of release
- 1948-10-18
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Daisuke Itō
Casting
- Tsumasaburō Bandō — Sankichi Sakata
- Isamu Kosugi — Kikuoka
- Tatsuo Saitō — Ôkura
- Mitsuko Mito — Koharu
- Osamu Takizawa — Sekine
- Ryutaro Otomo — Môri
- Miki Sanjō — Tamae
- Masao Mishima — Shinzo
- Ryōsuke Kagawa — Ozawa
- Kōichi Katsuragi — Yashiro
- Mitsugu Terashima — Shimazu
- Toshiaki Konoe — Nakahama
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