The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Kimiyoshi YasudaDirector
- Taichiro KosugiOriginal Music Composer
- Shozaburo AsaiScreenplay
Cast
- Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
- Miwa TakadaSaki
- Eiko TakiOsen
- Kichijirō UedaBoss Jinbei
- Daimaru NakataZany Entertainer
- Mikijiro HiraGounosuke
- Gen KimuraYakuza dice thrower
- Akitake KōnoIntendant Gorota Kajima
- Kōichi MizuharaKamazo
- Ikuko MōriHanokama
- Racket NakataZany Entertainer
- Teruko ŌmiDaruma maker's wife
Stills
Themes
new year's evesamuraiswordsequelzatoichi