Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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.
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki, Gaku Yamamoto, Saburo Date, Tatsuo Endō, Takuya Fujioka, Kanae Kobayashi, Fujio Suga, Rokkō Toura, Taro Marui, Ryou Horikawa
Crew: Kenji Misumi (Director), Akira Naitô (Production Design), Kanji Suganuma (Editor), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer), Chikashi Makiura (Director of Photography)