The King
Trailer: The King
Year: 1962
Genre: Drama
Studio: Toei Company
Director: Daisuke Itō
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Yoshiko Mita, Hideo Murata, Sonny Chiba, Mikijiro Hira
Crew: Daisuke Itō (Screenplay), Junya Satō (Assistant Director), Daisuke Itō (Director), Hideji Hōjō (Novel), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 92 minutes
Release: Nov 23, 1962
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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