Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

Name: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Director: Kenji Misumi
Released: 1965
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki, Gaku Yamamoto

1965 · 87 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,664 VOTES · DIR. Kenji Misumi

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 989 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:03 A DAI EI CO. LTD. PRODUCTION

00:04:43 I saw her straw hat hanging outside the window at an inn in Chikura.

00:07:31 And 50 mon on odd.

00:09:42 And here's the cup.

00:12:03 you're supposed to bet on the dice in the cup.

00:16:03 Bishop to five-seven.

00:20:20 Perhaps we did have a tiny little encounter.

00:24:08 I'll play without looking at the board either.

00:26:54 How does she look?

00:29:36 I'll make sure nobody lays a finger on him.

00:32:16 That's right. Same as the other dice.

00:40:35 Uncle Ichi.

00:44:41 If you don't mind, then.

00:47:19 Do you know it?

00:50:29 KAMASAKU

00:53:14 Couldn't you put off your departure a little longer?

00:56:35 What?

01:00:40 Good to hear.

01:05:02 would meet such a terrible end?

01:07:50 Not even some flimsy straw for a drowning man to grasp?

01:11:03 but I don't want you to get mired in my dirt.

01:15:23 we'll give up and go home to Shimosa.

01:19:04 my own daughter.

01:22:40 Is that your move?

Cast & Characters

Shintarô Katsu Zatoichi Mikio Narita Tadasu Jumonji Chizu Hayashi Kume Kaneko Iwasaki Tane Gaku Yamamoto Tomonoshin Sagawa Saburô Date Tatsuo Endô Yakuza boss of Ejimaya Takuya Fujioka Naoko Fujiyama Miki Ryutaro Gomi

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed989

Dialogue density11.4 lines / min

First line00:00:03

Final line01:22:40

Production Record

DirectorKenji Misumi

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,664