Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

87 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Dec. 24, 1965

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.

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

87 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Dec. 24, 1965

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 座頭市地獄旅
Directors Kenji Misumi
Writers Daisuke Itō, Kan Shimozawa

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

as Zatoichi

Mikio Narita

as Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi

as Kume

Kaneko Iwasaki

as Otane

Gaku Yamamoto

as Tomonoshin Sagawa

Tatsuo Endō

as Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Kanae Kobayashi

as Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga

as Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

as Crippled yakuza /

Taro Marui

as Roppei