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.
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Kenji Misumi
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
6.7/10
42 votes
Rating consensus
67/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~67/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Mikio Narita
Tadasu Jumonji
Kaneko Iwasaki
Otane
Gaku Yamamoto
Tomonoshin Sagawa
Saburo Date
Tatsuo Endō
Yakuza boss of Ejimaya
Takuya Fujioka
Ryo Horikawa
Rokkō Toura
Kanae Kobayashi
Widow Tarozaemon
Fujio Suga
Injury prone Banyu yakuza
Rokkō Toura
Crippled yakuza
In “Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection”
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
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The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
Zatoichi the Fugitive
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962
Zatoichi on the Road
1963
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Zatoichi Challenged
1967
New Tale of Zatoichi
1963
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Kenji Misumi
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