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The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
Keywords
japan
samurai
based on novel or book
yakuza
sword fight
chambara
zatoichi
criminal
period drama
ronin
jidaigeki
edo period
chanbara
Casts

Shintarō Katsu
Zatôichi

Masayo Banri
Otane

Ryūzō Shimada
Shigezô
Hajime Mitamura
Hanji

Shigeru Amachi
Miki Hirate

Michirō Minami
Tatekichi

Eijirō Yanagi
Sukegorô
Toshio Chiba
Masakichi

Manabu Morita
Seisuke

Yoshito Yamaji
Yahei
Yoichi Funaki
Yogoro

Eigorō Onoe
Rihei

Ikuko Mōri
Oyutaka

Chitose Maki
Yoshi
Kinya Ichikawa
Mokichi
Jun Fujikawa
Iioka yakuza member

Yukio Horikita
Kanaji

Yūji Hamada
Iioka yakuza member
Bonta Maru

Gen Kimura
Sasagawa gambler spy
Ryuji Fukui
Daihachi
Hajime Koshikawa
A farmer
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Iioka yakuza member

Kanae Kobayashi
Kane the innkeeper
Crews

Kenji Misumi
Director
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
Ikuo Kubodera
Executive Producer

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Akira Naitō
Production Design
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Mitsuru Tanabe
Production Manager
Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist

Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
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