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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

Overview

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.
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Kenji Misumi profile
Kenji Misumi

Director

Daisuke Itō profile
Daisuke Itō

Screenplay

Cast

Shintarō Katsu profile
Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita profile
Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi profile
Chizu Hayashi

Kume

Kaneko Iwasaki profile
Kaneko Iwasaki

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto profile
Gaku Yamamoto

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date profile
Saburo Date

Tatsuo Endō profile
Tatsuo Endō

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka profile
Takuya Fujioka

Kanae Kobayashi profile
Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga profile
Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura profile
Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza

Naomi Fujiyama profile
Naomi Fujiyama

Miki

Shintarō Katsu profile
Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita profile
Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi profile
Chizu Hayashi

Kume

Kaneko Iwasaki profile
Kaneko Iwasaki

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto profile
Gaku Yamamoto

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date profile
Saburo Date

Tatsuo Endō profile
Tatsuo Endō

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka profile
Takuya Fujioka

Kanae Kobayashi profile
Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga profile
Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura profile
Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza

Naomi Fujiyama profile
Naomi Fujiyama

Miki

Extra

Release Date

December 24, 1965

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Daiei Film logo

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