Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Name: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1965
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 6.716

1965 · 87 min

Adventure · Action · Drama

★ 6.7

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Kenji Misumi
Screenplay Daisuke Itō
Director of Photography Chikashi Makiura

Cast

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Mikio Narita
Tadasu Jumonji
Kaneko Iwasaki
Otane
Gaku Yamamoto
Tomonoshin Sagawa
Saburo Date
Tatsuo Endō
Yakuza boss of Ejimaya
Takuya Fujioka
Ryo Horikawa
Rokkō Toura
Kanae Kobayashi
Widow Tarozaemon
Fujio Suga
Injury prone Banyu yakuza
Rokkō Toura
Crippled yakuza

Crew

Director — Kenji Misumi
Screenplay — Daisuke Itō
Director of Photography — Chikashi Makiura

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