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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert(1965)

座頭市地獄旅

6.7(43)1h 27m1965-12-24

AdventureActionDrama

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.

Director:: Kenji Misumi
Writers:: Daisuke Itō, Kan Shimozawa
Producers:: Hisashi Okuda
Cinematographer:: Chikashi Makiura
Composer:: Akira Ifukube
Production:: Daiei Film
Status:: Released

Cast

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

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza