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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

6.7

MovieAdventure, Action19651h 27m

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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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 by
Kenji Misumi
Written by
Daisuke Itō
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
Released
December 24, 1965
Runtime
1h 27m
Status
Released
Original title
座頭市地獄旅
Language
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Studios
Daiei Film
  • Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
  • Mikio NaritaTadasu Jumonji
  • Kaneko IwasakiOtane
  • Gaku YamamotoTomonoshin Sagawa
  • Saburo Date
  • Tatsuo EndōYakuza boss of Ejimaya
  • Takuya Fujioka
  • Ryo Horikawa
  • Rokkō Toura
  • Kanae KobayashiWidow Tarozaemon
  • Fujio SugaInjury prone Banyu yakuza
  • Rokkō TouraCrippled yakuza
  • Yukiko TakabayashiKume
  • Naomi FujiyamaMiki
  • TTaro MaruiRoppei
  • Ryūtarō Gomi
  • Keiko Koyanagi
  • IIchirō Yuki

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Part of a collectionZatoichi: The Blind Swordsman CollectionFilm 12 of 26Also in this collection: The Tale of Zatoichi, The Tale of Zatoichi Continues, New Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi the Fugitive, Zatoichi on the Road, Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Adventures of Zatoichi, Zatoichi's Revenge, Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, Zatoichi's Vengeance, Zatoichi's Pilgrimage, Zatoichi's Cane Sword, Zatoichi the Outlaw, Zatoichi Challenged, Zatoichi and the Fugitives, Samaritan Zatoichi, Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Zatoichi at Large, Zatoichi in Desperation, Zatoichi's Conspiracy, Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyView the collection

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