If you loved Samaritan Zatoichi, try Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kenji Misumi, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Action / Adventure / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Samaritan Zatoichi, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is

You navigate feudal Japan as a blind swordsman. But then rival gangs and vengeful relatives close in. Kenji Misumi directs this 1965 drama.

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