Ōte

Ōte
Film poster
Directed by	Junji Sakamoto
Written by	Junji Sakamoto Toshiaki Toyoda
Produced by	Genjiro Arato Yukiko Shii
Starring	Hidekazu Akai Masaya Kato Reona Hirota Yūko Nitō Nobuo Kaneko
Cinematography	Akihiro Itō
Edited by	Ken'ichi Takashima
Music by	Shigeru Umebayashi
Production companies	Genjiro Arato Pictures Apollo MBS Mitsubishi Group
Distributed by	Cinema Placet
Release date	25 November 1991 (1991-11-25) (Japan)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Ōte (Japanese: 王手), also known in English as Checkmate or Check, is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto.

• Hidekazu Akai as Ayumi Tobita
• Masaya Kato as Ryuzo Kayama
• Reona Hirota as Terumi
• Yūko Nitō as Kanako Shimada
• Nobuo Kaneko as Tennoji
• Tomisaburo Wakayama as Sanae Mitamura
• Sakae Umezu as Seiji Komada

Ōte was chosen as the 3rd Best Film at the 13th Yokohama Film Festival.¹ Reona Hirota also won the Award for Best Supporting Actress.²