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Afiche de Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Adventure · Action · Drama · 1965 · 1h 27min

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert.

座頭市地獄旅

AdventureActionDrama

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.

Director: Kenji Misumi

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Tomonoshin Sagawa

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Daiei Film

Daiei Film

Country

🇯🇵Japan

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Japanese

Part of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

The Tale of Zatoichi
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
1963
Zatoichi on the Road
1963
New Tale of Zatoichi
1963
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
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Actual
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965
Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Zatoichi Challenged
1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
Zatoichi at Large
1972
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989

Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
Zatoichi Challenged
1967
Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970

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🇯🇵JapónDec 24, 1965

IMDb

7.3 /10

2k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

6.7 /10

42 votes

Letterboxd

7.1 /10

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7.1/10

IMDb7.3
TMDB6.7
Lbxd7.1