The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
163 audience votes
Key crew
- Minoru InuzukaScreenplay
- Kenji MisumiDirector
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shintarō KatsuZatôichi
- Masayo BanriOtane
- Ryūzō ShimadaShigezô
- Hajime MitamuraHanji
- Shigeru AmachiMiki Hirate
- Michirō MinamiTatekichi
- Eijirō YanagiSukegorô
- Toshio ChibaMasakichi
- Manabu MoritaSeisuke
- Yoshito YamajiYahei
- Yoichi FunakiYogoro
- Eigorō OnoeRihei
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Themes
japansamuraibased on novel or bookyakuzasword fightchambarazatoichicriminalperiod dramaroninjidaigekiedo period