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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

Genre : Adventure, Action, Drama

Runtime : 1H 27M

Director : Kenji Misumi
Writer : Daisuke Itō

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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
Taro Marui
Taro Marui
Roppei
Ryou Horikawa
Ryou Horikawa
Ryûtarô Gomi
Ryûtarô Gomi
Keiko Koyanagi
Keiko Koyanagi
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Ichiro Yamamoto
Ichiro Yamamoto

Crews

Kenji Misumi
Kenji Misumi
Director
Akira Naitô
Akira Naitô
Production Design
Chikashi Makiura
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Kanji Suganuma
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Daisuke Itō
Daisuke Itō
Screenplay
Hisashi Okuda
Hisashi Okuda
Producer
Kan Shimosawa
Kan Shimosawa
Original Story

Posters and backgrounds

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