Now, before we get into the basics of how you can watch 'Zatoichi and the Chess Expert' right now, here are some finer points about the Daiei Film adventure flick. 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. was calculated from contributing
Need a quick rundown of the movie? 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."
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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Movies
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.
