The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018) on Netflix
A national middle school shogi title makes Shoji Segawa known, but at twenty-six the age limit closes the professional path. With peers including Yuya Suzuki behind him, he plays again.
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Plot summary
Shoji Segawa is a quiet and inconspicuous boy until he wins the National Middle School Shogi Tournament, and for the first time people recognize him. He sets his mind on becoming a professional shogi player. The game, however, has an age restriction for entry, and at twenty-six his dream collapses. He stops playing and, without shogi, becomes desperate. His peers, among them Yuya Suzuki, give him their support, and his love of the game stays with him. He takes up shogi again. He sets out to become a professional at thirty-five, an age the rules of the sport do not permit.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Shogi player Segawa Akira won the national junior high school championship and joined the apprentice school, but left at its age limit and became a salaryman. As an amateur he won over 70 percent of his games against professionals, pushing the Japan Shogi Association to create a professional admission exam its rules did not provide for.
- Many professional shogi players and women shogi players appear in the film. Apart from Segawa, the characters were given changed names even where real models existed, and many of the people they were based on appear in other roles or as extras.
