Top Cast
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Hidekazu Akai
Ayumu Tobita
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Masaya Katō
Ryuzo Kayama
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Sanae Mitamura
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Nobuo Kaneko
Tennoji
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Léona Hirota
Terumi
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Yuuko Nitou
Kanako Shimada
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Masatô Ibu
Katsura
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Jun Kunimura
First Bodyguard
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Sakae Umezu
Seiji Komada
Overview
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.
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