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The wandering swordsman finds himself in a small village that serves as hideout for a band of fugitives who control the town officials and enforce brutal slave labor in the local silk mill. This lean and mean entry is packed with coldhearted villainy and rough justice, but it finds its heart in the great Takashi Shimura (Ikiru), who plays a kindly country doctor caught up in a violent world.
Original Release
08/10/1968
US Release
11/26/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shintarô Katsu | Zatoichi |
Kayo Mikimoto | Oshizu |
Kyôsuke Machida | Ogano Genpachiro |
Takashi Shimura | Dr. Junan |
Shôbun Inoue | Kumeji |
Jôtarô Senba | Minokichi |
Jutarô Kitashiro | Genta |
Hôsei Komatsu | Matsugoro |
Kazuo Yamamoto | Isuke |
Ryuji Funabashi | Ushimatsu |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shintarô Katsu | Zatoichi |
Kayo Mikimoto | Oshizu |
Kyôsuke Machida | Ogano Genpachiro |
Takashi Shimura | Dr. Junan |
Shôbun Inoue | Kumeji |
Jôtarô Senba | Minokichi |
Jutarô Kitashiro | Genta |
Hôsei Komatsu | Matsugoro |
Kazuo Yamamoto | Isuke |
Ryuji Funabashi | Ushimatsu |
Shôzô Nanbu | Tokuzaemon |
Yukio Horikita | Inokichi |
Seishirô Hara | Sakata |
Rieko Oda | Osei |
Yukari Mizumachi | Yoshida-ya's Maid |
Yumiko Nogawa | Oaki |
Hiroshi Hijikata | Yakuza |
Yuliya Solomonova | Osato |
Pilin Tachakittiranan | Kumeji |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Ikuo Kubodera | Producer |