Movie: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shintarō Katsu
勝新太郎

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita
成田三樹夫

Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi
Chizu Hayashi

Kume

Kaneko Iwasaki
岩崎加根子

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto
山本學

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date
伊達三郎

Tatsuo Endō
遠藤太津朗

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka
藤岡琢也

Kanae Kobayashi
小林加奈枝

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga
須賀不二男

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

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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.

  • Release Date

    1965-12-24

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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