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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Action, Drama, Art/Foreign |
| Release Date: | October 4, 1968 |
| Running time: | 87 minutes |
| Cast: | Shintaro Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki, Gaku Yamamoto |
| Director: | Kenji Misumi |
| Writer: | Daisuke Ito, Kan Shimozawa |
| Distributor: | Daiei Studios |
Description: The blind bulldog-looking Zatoichi is an assassin, masseur, gambler and champion of the commoner during Japan's Edo era. Zatoichi can strike down an opponent with his trusty shikomni-zue (cane sword), using hearing alone to find his target. As a group of swordsmen track him, he gains new traveling companions -- a wounded girl, her chaperon and a chess player with deadly intent, upon whom two samurai are desperately seeking revenge.
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