Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1965-12-24
- Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 27m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 45 votes
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Top cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
- Mikio Narita as Tadasu Jumonji
- Kaneko Iwasaki as Otane
- Gaku Yamamoto as Tomonoshin Sagawa
- Saburo Date
- Tatsuo Endō as Yakuza boss of Ejimaya
- Takuya Fujioka
- Ryo Horikawa
- Rokkō Toura
- Kanae Kobayashi as Widow Tarozaemon
Where to watch Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
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- Zatoichi at Large (1972)
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- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
- Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
- Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
- New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
- Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
- Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
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