Film

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

2016 · 2h 4m · Drama

IMDb

6.3

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama's true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.

Kenichi Matsuyama

Satoshi Murayama

Masahiro Higashide

Yoshiharu Habu

Shota Sometani

Mitsugu Egawa

Lily Franky

Nobuo Mori

Keiko Takeshita

Tomiko Murayama

Ken Yasuda

Seiichiro Tachibana

Tokio Emoto

Manabu Arazaki

Toshiyuki Kitami

Shinichi Murayama

Michitaka Tsutsui

Yoji Hashiguchi

• Yoshitaka MoriDirector
• Kosuke MukaiScreenplay
• Yoshio OhsakiNovel
• Yoshitaka TakedaProducer
• Takuro NagaiProducer
• Shinichirou InoueExecutive Producer
• Yoshihiro HannoOriginal Music Composer
• Takashi SatoEditor
• Sawako OhzuCasting

Release date

November 2, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Drama

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