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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Movie
Audience Score
65
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NR 1 hr 27 minDrama, Adventure, ActionZatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection PosterPart of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
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.
StarringShintarō KatsuMikio NaritaChizu Hayashi
DirectorKenji Misumi

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Daiei Film
Movie Tags:
sequelsamuraiswordzatoichi

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.