Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Original title: 座頭市地獄旅
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is a 1965 Japanese-language adventure movie directed by Kenji Misumi, with a running time of 1h 27m. It stars Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita and Kaneko Iwasaki.
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.
Where to watch Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Stream: Criterion Channel
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
- Fujio Suga as Injury prone Banyu yakuza
- Rokkō Toura as Crippled yakuza