CinemaOSMovie · 1965 · 1h 27m
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
67%(45)IMDbAdventureActionDrama

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.

Directed byKenji Misumi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 27m
Language
JA
Released
December 24, 1965
Studios
Daiei Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Kenji Misumi
Kenji Misumi
Written by
Daisuke Itō
Daisuke Itō
Produced by
Hisashi Okuda

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