Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (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.
Director:
Kenji Misumi
Writer:
Daisuke Itō
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Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi |
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Mikio Narita as Tadasu Jumonji |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Otane |
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Gaku Yamamoto as Tomonoshin Sagawa |
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Saburo Date as |
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Tatsuo Endō as Yakuza boss of Ejimaya |
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Takuya Fujioka as |
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Ryo Horikawa as |
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Rokkō Toura as |
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Kanae Kobayashi as Widow Tarozaemon |
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Fujio Suga as Injury prone Banyu yakuza |
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Rokkō Toura as Crippled yakuza |
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Yukiko Takabayashi as Kume |
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Naomi Fujiyama as Miki |
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Taro Marui as Roppei |
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Ryūtarō Gomi as |
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Keiko Koyanagi as |
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Ichirō Yamamoto as |
| Directing | Kenji Misumi | Director |
| Art | Akira Naitō | Production Design |
| Camera | Chikashi Makiura | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Daisuke Itō | Screenplay |
| Production | Hisashi Okuda | Producer |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |