Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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Kenji Misumi, who directed the first installment of the Zatoichi series, returns with this tale in which the blind swordsman once again finds himself the protector of a child: a little girl pursued by both devious family members and bloodthirsty ruffians. Further complicating his journey is a new acquaintance—a tremendously skilled chess player (the charismatic Mikio Narita) who has mysterious motivations and a dark past.
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Cast
- Shintaro Katsu
- Zatoichi
- Mikio Narita
- Jumonji
- Chizuru Hayashi
- Kume
- Kaneko Iwasaki
- Otane
- Gaku Yamamoto
- Sagawa
- Tatsuo Endo
- Yakuza boss
- Taro Marui
- Roppei
- Rokko Toura
- Crippled yakuza
Credits
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Produced by
- Hisashi Okuda
- Original story by
- Kan Shimozawa
- Screenplay
- Daisuke Ito
- Cinematography
- Chikashi Makiura
- Edited by
- Kanji Suganuma
- Original music
- Akira Ifukube
- Art direction
- Akira Naito
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