New Tale of Zatoichi
New Tale of Zatoichi

新・座頭市物語
Shin Zatōichi Monogatari
New Zatoichi Story
Director | Tokuzo Tanaka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay |
Minoru Inuzuka Kikuo Umebayashi |
Photography | Chikashi Makiura |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Kenji Furuya |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Hiroshi Yamada |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | March 15, 1963 |
Runtime | 91 minutes |
Preceded by | The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) |
Followed by | Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) |
![]() 新・座頭市物語 Shin Zatōichi Monogatari New Zatoichi Story |
Director | Tokuzo Tanaka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay |
Minoru Inuzuka Kikuo Umebayashi |
Photography | Chikashi Makiura |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Kenji Furuya |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Hiroshi Yamada |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | March 15, 1963 |
Runtime | 91 minutes |
Preceded by | The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) |
Followed by | Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) |
Zatoichi arrives in the hometown of his former master, Banno, and stays with him at his dojo. Zatoichi is currently being pursued by Yasuhiko, the brother of Boss Kanbei, who Zatoichi slew. Banno keeps Zatoichi safe in his abode. Meanwhile, Banno is pressuring his younger sister, Yayoi, to marry a samurai of his choosing. Banno previously lost his samurai estate when his lord was defeated, and seeks a better chance for Yayoi. However, Banno is also secretly supporting the Mito Tengu gang, a radical anti-shogunate force that is terrorizing the countryside. The gang is in need of funds, so Banno arranges the kidnapping of one of his rich pupils and has him held for ransom.
Yayoi and Zatoichi discover they harbor strong feelings for each other and seek to be married. Zatoichi goes as far as swearing off the yakuza life of violence and pleasure that he has led up till then. Yasuhiko, taking advantage of Banno’s absence, challenges Zatoichi to a duel. Having just sworn off killing, Zatoichi grovels before Yasuhiko and begs for his life instead. Not willing to draw his sword against an unarmed man, Yasuhiko agrees to settle Zatoichi’s fate with a cup of dice. When the dice roll against Zatoichi, Yasuhiko ignores them and leaves Zatoichi in peace. However, when Banno learns of their plans, he angrily rejects Zatoichi and casts him out of the dojo.
Later, a drunk Yasuhiko affronts Banno, who kills him in cold blood. Zatoichi learns of this and begins to turn against his master. Having overheard the arrangement for exchanging the ransom with the kidnapped pupil, Zatoichi intercepts the Mito Tengu gang before they make the rendezvous. Zatoichi slaughters the entire gang and frees the pupil. Banno, enraged, challenges Zatoichi, and they duel while Yayoi watches. Zatoichi kills Banno; unable to make good on his vow to abandon his yakuza ways, he takes his leave of Yayoi and departs.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Yayoi

Innkeeper's Wife

Tamekichi's Wife

Yajuro Banno

Norisuke Okui

Umazo

Yasuhiko

Innkeeper

Tamekichi

Yakuza Thief

Seinosuke Yamada

Bounty Hunter

Mito Tengu Gangmember

Zatoichi's Hostess

Kingo's Father

Boss Yoshiro

Kingo

Mito Tengu Gangmember

Shinsuke

Bounty Hunter

Bounty Hunter
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Yakuza

Yakuza

Yakuza
企画 Planning |
久保寺生郎 Ikuo Kubodera |
原作 Original Story |
子母沢寛 Kan Shimozawa |
脚本 Screenplay |
犬塚稔 Minoru Inuzuka |
梅林貴久夫 Kikuo Umebayashi |
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撮影 Photography |
牧浦地志 Chikashi Makiura |
録音 Sound |
大角正夫 Masao Osumi |
照明 Lighting |
古谷賢次 Kenji Furuya |
美術 Art |
太田誠一 Seiichi Ota |
音楽 Music |
伊福部昭 Akira Ifukube |
編集 Editor |
山田弘 Hiroshi Yamada |
196 Apparatus |
山本佐一郎 Saichiro Yamamoto |
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 |
土井茂 Shigeru Doi |
製作主任 Production Manager |
吉岡徹 Toru Yoshioka |
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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坪内ミキ子 Mikiko Tsubouchi |
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近藤美恵子 Mieko Kondo |
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真城千都世 Chitose Maki |
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河津清三郎 Seizaburo Kawazu |
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丹羽又三郎 Matasaburo Niwa |
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中村豊 Yutaka Nakamura |
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須賀不二男 Fujio Suga |
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遠藤辰雄 Tatsuo Endo |
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舟木洋一 Yoichi Funaki |
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水原浩一 Koichi Mizuhara |
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杉山昌三九 Shosaku Sugiyama |
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伊達三郎 Saburo Date |
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南條新太郎 Shintaro Nanjo |
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武智豊子 Toyoko Takechi |
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南部彰三 Shozo Nanbu |
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東良之助 Toshiaki Higashi |
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尾上栄五郎 Eigoro Onoe |
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高倉一郎 Ichiro Takakura |
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玉置一恵 Kazue Tamaki |
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浜田雄史 Yuji Hamada |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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春日清 Kiyoshi Kasuga |
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細谷新吾 Shingo Hosoya |
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藤川準 Jun Fujikawa |
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福井隆次 Ryuji Fukui |
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志賀明 Akira Shiga |
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木村玄 Gen Kimura |
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高森チズ子 Chizuko Takamori |
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監督 Director |
田中徳三 Tokuzo Tanaka |