Zatoichi 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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Directed by	Kenji Misumi
Written by	Novels: Kan Shimozawa Screenplay: Daisuke Itō
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography	Chishi Makiura
Distributed by	Daiei
Released	December 24, 1965
Running time	87 min.
Preceded by	Zatoichi 11: Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Followed by	Zatoichi 13: Zatoichi's Vengeance
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Zatoichi 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (座頭市地獄旅, Zatoichi Jigoku tabi) is a 1965 Japanese film based on Kan Shimozawa's novels and directed by Kenji Misumi. It is the twelfth film in the Zatoichi series.

CastEdit

• Shintarō Katsu ... Zatoichi
• Mikio Narita ... Jumonji
• Chizu Hayashi ... Enoshimeya
• Kaneko Iwasaki ... Otane
• Gaku Yamamoto ... Tomonoshin
• Saburō Date
• Takuya Fujioka
• Rokko Toura

External linksEdit

• Zatoichi 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert review at Kung Fu Cinema