Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (座頭市地獄旅) 58 years old

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.

Credits

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert Cast

Name Character
Ryou Horikawa He was 7, now 66 years old
Fujio Suga He was 46, 78 years old when he died as Injury prone Banyu yakuza
Shintaro Katsu He was 34, 65 years old when he died as Zatoichi
Saburo Date He was 41, 67 years old when he died
Rokkô Toura He was 35, 62 years old when he died as Crippled yakuza
Kanae Kobayashi She was 77, 72 years old when she died as Widow Tarozaemon
Kaneko Iwasaki She was 33, now 91 years old as Otane
Chizu Hayashi as Kume
Tatsuo Endo He was 40, 64 years old when he died as Yakuza boss of Ejimaya
Gaku Yamamoto He was 28, now 87 years old as Tomonoshin Sagawa
Taro Marui as Roppei
Takuya Fujioka He was 35, 76 years old when he died
Mikio Narita He was 30, 55 years old when he died as Tadasu Jumonji

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert Crew

Name Department
Kan Shimosawa as Original Story. He was 73 (76) years old when He died Writing
Kenji Misumi as Director. He was 44 (54) years old when He died Directing
Daisuke Itô as Screenplay. He was 67 (82) years old when He died Writing
Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 51 (91) years old when He died Sound
Akira Naitô as Production Design. Art
Chikashi Makiura as Director of Photography. Camera
Kanji Suganuma as Editor. Editing
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert poster
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (58 years)

  • Release day: Friday, December 24, 1965
  • Runtime: 87 minutes