Oushou
Movie
王將
1962/11/23
Character count13,010
Word count5,585
Unique words1,412
Words (1-occurrence)819
Unique kanji600
Kanji (1-occurrence)219
Difficulty beta
Expert

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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