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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert starring Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and a scheduled release date of .
It received a user score of 65/100 on TMDb, which put together reviews from 35 experienced users.
Here’s what’s going on in this one... Here's the plot: "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." .
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
