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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

1965 · Kenji Misumi · 87 min

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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.

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6.7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database45 votesTMDB
Shintarō KatsuZatoichiMikio NaritaTadasu JumonjiKaneko IwasakiOtaneGaku YamamotoTomonoshin SagawaSaburo DateTatsuo EndōYakuza boss of EjimayaTakuya FujiokaRyo HorikawaRokkō TouraKanae KobayashiWidow TarozaemonFujio SugaInjury prone Banyu yakuzaRokkō TouraCrippled yakuzaYukiko TakabayashiKumeNaomi FujiyamaMikiTTaro MaruiRoppei

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Shintarō KatsuZatoichiMikio NaritaTadasu JumonjiKaneko IwasakiOtaneGaku YamamotoTomonoshin SagawaSaburo DateTatsuo EndōYakuza boss of EjimayaTakuya FujiokaRyo HorikawaRokkō TouraKanae KobayashiWidow TarozaemonFujio SugaInjury prone Banyu yakuzaRokkō TouraCrippled yakuzaYukiko TakabayashiKumeNaomi FujiyamaMikiTTaro MaruiRoppei

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