Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Original title: 座頭市関所破り
Adventures of Zatoichi is a 1964 Japanese-language adventure movie directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, with a running time of 1h 26m. It stars Shintarō Katsu, Miwa Takada and Eiko Taki.
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Where to watch Adventures of Zatoichi
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
- Miwa Takada as Saki
- Eiko Taki as Osen
- Kichijirō Ueda as Boss Jinbei
- Daimaru Nakata as Zany Entertainer
- Mikijiro Hira as Gounosuke
- Gen Kimura as Yakuza dice thrower
- Akitake Kōno as Intendant Gorota Kajima
- Kōichi Mizuhara as Kamazo
- Ikuko Mōri as Hanokama
- Racket Nakata as Zany Entertainer
- Teruko Ōmi as Daruma maker's wife