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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

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AdventureActionDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

24 December 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi

Chizu Hayashi

Kume

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

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza

Naomi Fujiyama

Naomi Fujiyama

Miki

Taro Marui

Taro Marui

Roppei

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Ichiro Yamamoto

Ichiro Yamamoto

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