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After a two-year absence from screens, the blind swordsman returns in one of his best adventures. Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard—Toshiro Mifune’s scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend. This is the sole Zatoichi effort from celebrated director Kihachi Okamoto, who supplies satirical vision and stylistic panache worthy of the two iconic characters at the film’s center.
Original Release
01/15/1970
US Release
11/26/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ayako Wakao | Umeno |
Osamu Takizawa | Yasuke Eboshiya |
Masakane Yonekura | Boss Masagoro |
Shin Kishida | Kuzuryu |
Kanjûrô Arashi | Hyoroku |
Toshiyuki Hosokawa | Sanaemon Goto |
Shigeru Kôyama | Jinzaburo Wakiya |
Minoru Terada | Yogo |
Hideo Sunazuka | Fake Masseur |
Daigo Kusano | Police Officer |
Directors
Writers
Daisaku Ikuta, Kan Shimozawa, Tetsuro Yoshida
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ayako Wakao | Umeno |
Osamu Takizawa | Yasuke Eboshiya |
Masakane Yonekura | Boss Masagoro |
Shin Kishida | Kuzuryu |
Kanjûrô Arashi | Hyoroku |
Toshiyuki Hosokawa | Sanaemon Goto |
Shigeru Kôyama | Jinzaburo Wakiya |
Minoru Terada | Yogo |
Hideo Sunazuka | Fake Masseur |
Daigo Kusano | Police Officer |
Fujio Tokita | Blacksmith Tomeyoshi |
Gen Kimura | |
Hiroshi Tanaka | |
Hiroto Kimura | |
Ryutaro Itsumi | |
Yûji Hamada | |
Kazu Echikawa | |
Gen Kuroki | (as Ken Kuroki) |
Junshiro Araseki | |
Yoko Netsuda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shintarô Katsu | Producer |