Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

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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...... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Zatoichi and the Chess Expert:

Shintarō Katsu
Mikio Narita
Kaneko Iwasaki
Gaku Yamamoto
Saburo Date
Tatsuo Endō

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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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User Review - 10/10 by George LSeen them all. Even the series!!! Every time i cream my pants from pleasure. Is something wrong with me?
User Review - 10/10 by Chuck TIt's hard to go wrong with any of the Zatoichi movies but this is one of the best ones.
User Review - 10/10 by Luke BZatoichi and the Chess Expert reminds you of what a great series this really is. It sticks to the tried and tested formula, but adds unforgettable moments of humanity and emotion. Zatoichi, in a first in the series, make a number of mistakes, reminding us that he is human. He loses a chess match, and for once he isn't trying to deceive his opponent. Then, he gets caught off guard, in a scene that has you genuinely worried about his safety. This scuffle also results in a young girl being hurt. Zatoichi's (usually) flawless trickery when betting also goes wrong and for once he dwells on his mistake. In one scene Zatoichi searches through the mud for a box of medicine he has dropped. We can see the box just to his right, but for the first time you feel as though Zatoichi feels beaten by his blindness. There's something desperate in Katsu's performance that displays a new found vulnerability. We are also lucky to have a fantastic "villain" played by the wonderful Narita. He is an intellectual equal, if not a physical one. They begin a friendship that echoes the one in the first film and Narita even offers to be Zatoichi's bodyguard. If this wasn't enough Zatoichi also becomes involved in a complex romance. It's an excellent film in it's own right, pushing out the violence during the middle of the film, in order to focus on character. The editing also really shines in this film, as we see Zatoichi leave a room and slowly go for his sword as Narita goes for his back inside the room. It's a silent moment of pure tension. As part of the series, it is the jolt that it (being the 12th film in the series) really HAD to be.
User Review - 10/10 by Miguel PAlmost all the Zatoichi movies are great, if you like Japanese sword fighting I highly recommend these movies.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UGreat film, funny characters and nice fight scenes
User Review - 8/10 by Niklas SKenji Misumi has directed many of the Zatoichi movies and most of the Lone Wolf & Cub movies. When it comes to Zatoichi this is my favorite by him. It looks great, everything from the boat scenes to the sword fighting is top notch. He even throws some comedy our way that actually works without feeling to silly. A great chapter in the Zatoichi epic.
User Review - 8/10 by Chris BAnother solid entry in the Zatoichi saga, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is the 12th film and one of multiple crosses and secrets held by it's characters. Nobody is really who they seem and makes for a more entertaining and less predictive than others in the series. There is a lot that viewers of the previous films will find similiar here but the storyline is more fresh and as stated earlier, benefits from it's character's complexities and secrets.
User Review - 8/10 by John SZatoichi and the Chess Expert isn't a particularly outstanding episode of the saga but it still definitely feels like a part of it with its intricate subplots, great action scenes, and the charming Shintaro Katsu gracing the screen with his presence.
User Review - 6/10 by Daniel Hanother solid entry. are there any that arent? really? george l?
User Review - 6/10 by Jean-François SDouzième film de la saga Zatoichi et le troisième mis en scène par son réalisateur originel Kenji Misumi. On sent une certaine redondance avec les épisodes précédants dans celui-ci à qui il manque une idée directrice forte. Le scénario mélangeant plusieurs intrigues semble flotter de l'une à l'autre, pour donner au final un film plus mou que d'habitude. Il n'en reste pas moins quelques belles séquences comme celle de Zatoichi cherchant la boite de médicaments égarée dans les roseaux.

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