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.
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
Tokyo Family
Shogun's Samurai
Taboo
The Outsider
Hands of Stone
A Story of Yonosuke
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Café Lumière
The Pornographers
Vengeance Is Mine
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
It Feels So Good
House of Bamboo
Radiance
Tokyo Fist
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
To the Ends of the Earth
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Memories of Matsuko