Check (1991)
王手
Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.
- Date of release
- 1991-11-25
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Junji Sakamoto
Casting
- Hidekazu Akai — Ayumu Tobita
- Masaya Katō — Ryuzo Kayama
- Tomisaburō Wakayama — Sanae Mitamura
- Nobuo Kaneko — Tennoji
- Léona Hirota — Terumi
- Yuuko Nitou — Kanako Shimada
- Masatô Ibu — Katsura
- Jun Kunimura — First Bodyguard
- Sakae Umezu — Seiji Komada
- Akaji Maro — Hakugin
Interesting facts
Ōte , also known in English as Checkmate or Check, is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto.
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