Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Directed by Kenji Misumi

Written by Daisuke Itō, Kan Shimozawa

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.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikio Narita

Tadasu Jumonji

Kaneko Iwasaki

Otane

Gaku Yamamoto

Tomonoshin Sagawa

Saburo Date

Tatsuo Endō

Yakuza boss of Ejimaya

Takuya Fujioka

Ryo Horikawa

Rokkō Toura

Kanae Kobayashi

Widow Tarozaemon

Fujio Suga

Injury prone Banyu yakuza

Rokkō Toura

Crippled yakuza