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Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Chizu Hayashi

Chizu Hayashi

Kume

Kaneko Iwasaki

Kaneko Iwasaki

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto

Gaku Yamamoto

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza

Naomi Fujiyama

Naomi Fujiyama

Miki

Taro Marui

Taro Marui

Roppei

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Ichirō Yamamoto

Ichirō Yamamoto

Crew

Kenji Misumi

Kenji Misumi

Director

Akira Naitō

Akira Naitō

Production Design

Chikashi Makiura

Chikashi Makiura

Director of Photography

Kanji Suganuma

Kanji Suganuma

Editor

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Daisuke Itō

Daisuke Itō

Screenplay

Hisashi Okuda

Hisashi Okuda

Producer

Kan Shimozawa

Kan Shimozawa

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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

19656.6 / 1087 min
Adventure, Action, Drama

Overview

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.