Adventures of Zatoichi
Adventures of Zatoichi

座頭市関所破り
Zatōichi Sekishō Yaburi
Zatoichi Barrier Break
Director | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Shozaburo Asai |
Photography | Shozo Honda |
Sound | Sakae Nagaoka |
Lighting | Hiroya Kato |
Art | Shigeru Kato |
Music | Taichiro Kosugi |
Editor | Hiroshi Yamada |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | December 30, 1964 |
Runtime | 86 minutes |
Preceded by | Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) |
Followed by | Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) |
![]() 座頭市関所破り Zatōichi Sekishō Yaburi Zatoichi Barrier Break |
Director | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Shozaburo Asai |
Photography | Shozo Honda |
Sound | Sakae Nagaoka |
Lighting | Hiroya Kato |
Art | Shigeru Kato |
Music | Taichiro Kosugi |
Editor | Hiroshi Yamada |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | December 30, 1964 |
Runtime | 86 minutes |
Preceded by | Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) |
Followed by | Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) |
Zatoichi travels to visit a mountain village in order to partake of the new year’s festivities. Since the village is so crowded he is made to share a room with two young women: Saki, who is traveling in search of her father, and Osen, who is waiting for her brother, Shinsuke. Jinbei, the local yakuza boss, has colluded with the magistrate to raise the cost of doing business in the village for new year’s. Furthermore, they were secretly responsible for the assassination of a nearby village chief; they hired Shinsuke to carry out the deed and then sold him out to the authorities. Shinsuke has escaped and returned to exact vengeance. Meanwhile, Gonosuke, a ronin for hire, has settled in with Jinbei and longs to duel with the legendary Zatoichi.
Zatoichi accompanies the women to protect them both from Jinbei’s schemes. When Osen attempts to rendezvous with Shinsuke, Jinbei’s men appear and attack. Zatoichi rescues Osen, but Shinsuke is mortally wounded. With his dying breath he confesses to murdering the village chief, who happens to have been Saki’s father. Ashamed of her brother’s actions, Osen chooses to flee the village rather than face Saki. It falls on Zatoichi to break the news to Saki. He attempts to have Saki sent away from the village to safety, but Jinbei’s men overtake her palanquin and kidnap her.
Zatoichi learns of Saki’s predicament and raids the guardhouse where she is held. He frees her and begins his rampage on the magistrate’s soldiers. Gonosuke arrives and duels him, but falls to Zatoichi’s lightning blade. Zatoichi corners and executes Jinbei for his crimes and then flees to the mountain top. The next morning Zatoichi sits peacefully and worships the first light of the new year.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Saki

Osen

Gonosuke

Gorota Kajima

Giju

Kamazo

Boss Jinbei

Shinsuke

Kanjuro

Hanokama

Yahei

Daimaru

Rakechi

Yukiyoshi

Kumusuke

Merchant

Merchant

Merchant

Sankichi

Tavern Girl
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Yakuza

Yakuza
原作 Original Story |
子母沢寛 Kan Shimozawa |
企画/脚本 Planning/Screenplay |
浅井昭三郎 Shozaburo Asai |
撮影 Photography |
本多省三 Shozo Honda |
録音 Sound |
長岡栄 Sakae Nagaoka |
照明 Lighting |
加藤博也 Hiroya Kato |
美術 Art |
加藤茂 Shigeru Kato |
音楽 Music |
小杉太一郎 Taichiro Kosugi |
編集 Editor |
山田弘 Hiroshi Yamada |
装置 Apparatus |
木村重雄 Shigeo Kimura |
擬斗 Action |
宮内昌平 Shohei Miyauchi |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
倉嶋暢 Manabu Kurashima |
助監督 Assistant Director |
渡辺実 Minoru Watanabe |
製作主任 Production Manager |
今村喬 Takashi Imamura |
現像 Developing |
東洋現像所 Toyo Laboratory |
出演者 Performers |
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勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
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高田美和 Miwa Takada |
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滝瑛子 Eiko Taki |
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平幹二朗 Mikijiro Hira |
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河野秋武 Akitake Kono |
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伊井友三郎 Tomosaburo Ii |
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水原浩一 Koichi Mizuhara |
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上田吉二郎 Kichijiro Ueda |
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千波丈太郎 Jotaro Senba |
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富田仲次郎 Nakajiro Tomita |
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毛利郁子 Ikuko Mori |
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寺島雄作 Yusaku Terashima |
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中田ダイマル Daimaru Nakata |
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中田ラケット Raketto Nakata |
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木村玄 Gen Kimura |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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越川一 Ichi Koshikawa |
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石原須磨男 Sumao Ishihara |
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千石泰三 Yuzo Sengoku |
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竹谷俊彦 Toshihiko Takeya |
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大井由貴子 Yukiko Oii |
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近江輝子 Teruko Omi |
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愛原光一 Koichi Aihara |
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志賀明 Akira Shiga |
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大林一夫 Kazuo Obayashi |
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松浦豊 Yutaka Matsuura |
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二宮秀樹 Hideki Ninomiya |
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中野智永子 Chieko Nakano |
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三木本賀代 Kayo Mikimoto |
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谷口和子 Kazuko Taniguchi |
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監督 Director |
安田公義 Kimiyoshi Yasuda |