Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

座頭市地獄旅

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.

Date of release
1965-12-24
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (45)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
Director
Kenji Misumi

Casting

  • 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

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