Ôsho
The Life Story Of The Shogi Master&Maniac Sankichi Sakata In The Meiji Era.
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Rentarō Mikuni
Sankichi Sakata
Chikage Awashima
Koharu, Sankichi's wife
Yoshiko Mita
Tamae, Sankichi's daughter
Hideo Murata
Sakakibara
Shin'ichi Chiba
Mouri
Mikijirô Hira
Sekine, the master
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Harue Akagi
Oyuki
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Tokubei Hanazawa
Nishimura
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Yukiko Okada
Tamae - enfant
Taiji Tonoyama
Miyata
Akira Ifukube
Composer
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Shizuka Fujii
Cinematographer