Daiei Studios (1966)
Action | Adventure | Criterion Collection | Drama
Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:23
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
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Shintaro Katsu | Zatôichi |
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Shigeru Amachi | Genpachiro Kuroda |
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Jun Hamamura | Blind Biwa Priest |
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Mayumi Ogawa | Cho |
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Kei Sato | Boss Gonzo |
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Koichi Mizuhara | Joshuya |
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Michi Azuma | Oharu |
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Saburo Date | Hanji |
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Jun Fujikawa | Kamegoro |
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Yukio Horikita | Toramatsu |
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Sumao Ishihara | |
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Gen Kimura | Tamekichi |
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Kanae Kobayashi | Tamekichi's Mother |
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Yukiko Komura | Oro |
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Hideo Kuroki | Yakuza of Takasaki |
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Masanori Machida | Taichi |
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Kazue Tamaki | Kinbei |
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Kazuko Taniguchi | Kamegoro's Wife |
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Mitsuko Yoshikawa | Mother |
| Director | Tokuzo Tanaka |
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| Writer | Kan Shimozawa, Hajime Takaiwa | |
| Producer | Ikuo Kubodera | |
| Musician | Akira Ifukube | |
| Photography | Kazuo Miyagawa | |
| Packaging | Streaming |
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| Owner | Steven Lee |
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| Index | 7083 |
| Added Date | Feb 01, 2025 23:36:54 |
| Modified Date | Jan 20, 2026 02:19:32 |