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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
★ 6.7/10•1965•1h 27m•Adventure•Action•Drama

Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.

Kenji Misumi · Director

Daisuke Itō · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 27m
LanguageJA
Release DateDec 24, 1965

Actors

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Kaneko Iwasaki

Kaneko Iwasaki

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto

Gaku Yamamoto

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza

Yukiko Takabayashi

Yukiko Takabayashi

Kume

Naomi Fujiyama

Naomi Fujiyama

Miki

Taro Marui

Roppei

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

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