Dokonjo Taisho
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Overview
Ryosuke Kotaki's life motto was his grandfather's will, "Study, make money, drink alcohol, and win the first prize". So, first of all, he went to Osaka to win the first prize with favorite shogi. In the car, he hit it off with a woman named Okichi and decided to live in the Shogi Kaisho, which is run by Okichi's father, Yoichi. Ryosuke's skill was strong, and he was happy to make a lot of money in gambling shogi. However, he lost to a middle-aged man by dropping four cards. This man was actually Heihachi Kudo, who is said to be the best of both worlds in the Kansai chess world at the time...
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Runtime
75 min
Release Date
1966-06-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
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Hiroyuki Nagato
Shoichi Hirai
Shintarō Kuraoka
Tamao Nakamura
Eiko Ito
Seizaburō Kawazu
Kyoji Sugi
Kō Nishimura
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shunji Natsume
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Saburō Sawai
Tatsuo Endō
千代田新一
Ichirō Yamamoto
Minoru Hasegawa
6.8
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0.0
Check
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0.0
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6.5
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6.0
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0.0
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6.3
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6.9
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7.1
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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7.0
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