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Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this second house’s seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the groundwork for a ruthless money-grabbing scheme. The sixteenth Zatoichi film is the first effort from its star’s own Katsu Productions, and it is one of the series’ most daring, with its complex characters, subversive social themes, and moral outrage.
Original Release
08/12/1967
US Release
11/26/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shintarô Katsu | Zatoichi |
Rentaro Mikuni | Asagoro |
Ko Nishimura | Kyushiro Suga / Uneshiro Suga |
Yuko Hamada | Oshino |
Kenjirô Ishiyama | Tatsugoro |
Toshiyuki Hosokawa | Nisaburo |
Takuya Fujioka | Zato Sanji / Zatosanji |
Mizuho Suzuki | Shusui Ohara |
Tatsuo Endô | Boss Tomizo |
Kayo Mikimoto | Oyuki |
Directors
Writers
Takehiro Nakajima, Kiyokata Saruwaka, Kan Shimozawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shintarô Katsu | Zatoichi |
Rentaro Mikuni | Asagoro |
Ko Nishimura | Kyushiro Suga / Uneshiro Suga |
Yuko Hamada | Oshino |
Kenjirô Ishiyama | Tatsugoro |
Toshiyuki Hosokawa | Nisaburo |
Takuya Fujioka | Zato Sanji / Zatosanji |
Mizuho Suzuki | Shusui Ohara |
Tatsuo Endô | Boss Tomizo |
Kayo Mikimoto | Oyuki |
Tatsuo Matsushita | Yamagen |
Ryoichi Tamagawa | (as Ryoichi Tamagawa) |
Rokku Furukawa | Zato Kinsaku |
Keisuke Otori | Zato Jinsuke |
Utako Kyô | Big Mouth Woman |
Osamu Sakai | Sadamatsu |
Yûzô Hayakawa | Hyogo Saito |
Manabu Morita | Tetsu |
Tadashi Yano | Zenpachi |
Koichi Mizuhara | Farmer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Tokuko Miyako | Producer |