Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to keep playing in the hope of defeating star player Sekine.
Sankichi Sakata
Kinjiro Sekine
Koharu Sakata
Tamae Sakata
Shinkichi
Takahama
Dr. Kikuoka
Kojima
Tamiya
Kobayashi Tōhakusai
Koizumi
Okane
Ogura
Shinohara
Yamada
Miyamatsu
Count Yanagisawa
Machida
Doctor
Newspaper reporter
Man with gold-rimmed glasses
Postman
Otoki
