The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

続・座頭市物語
Zoku Zatōichi Monogatari
Continued Zatoichi Story
Director | Kazuo Mori |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Minoru Inuzuka |
Photography | Shozo Honda |
Sound | Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
Lighting | Teiichi Ito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Ichiro Saito |
Editor | Takashi Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | October 12, 1962 |
Runtime | 73 minutes |
Preceded by | The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) |
Followed by | New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) |
![]() 続・座頭市物語 Zoku Zatōichi Monogatari Continued Zatoichi Story |
Director | Kazuo Mori |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Minoru Inuzuka |
Photography | Shozo Honda |
Sound | Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
Lighting | Teiichi Ito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Ichiro Saito |
Editor | Takashi Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | October 12, 1962 |
Runtime | 73 minutes |
Preceded by | The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) |
Followed by | New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) |
Zatoichi, a traveling blind man, is engaged as a masseuse for Lord Kuroda. However, during the massage, it is obvious that the Lord Kuroda is an invalid with a child-like demeanor. Fearing that Zatoichi will spread word of their lord’s condition, Kuroda’s retainers attempt to assassinate him. However, Zatoichi is also an accomplished swordsman, and easily escapes their trap. Kuroda then hires Kanbei, a local yakuza boss, to follow Zatoichi and kill him.
Zatoichi travels to Sasagawa to pay respects to a samurai he slew a year earlier. Kanbei follows and joins forces with Sukegoro, who also has a score to settle with Zatoichi. Furthermore, Sukegoro realizes that one of his guests, a masterless, one-armed samurai named Yoshiro, is actually a wanted criminal, and plans to ensnare him as well. Kanbei’s men surround Zatoichi at Joshoji Temple, but are defeated in combat. Yoshiro appears and attempts to slay Zatoichi himself. It is revealed that Yoshiro is in fact Zatoichi’s long lost older brother. They were both in love with the same woman, Ochiyo. When Ochiyo left Zatoichi for Yoshiro, the blind man flew into a rage and cut off Yoshiro’s arm. Zatoichi and Yoshiro duel, and Yoshiro is mortally wounded. When Sukegoro’s men arrive to arrest Yoshiro, Zatoichi takes his brother and escapes with him into the canal.
Zatoichi tends to Yoshiro’s injuries, but to no avail. Before he dies, Yoshiro reveals that Ochiyo is alive, but he doesn’t know where she is; she had left him after he became a cripple. Zatoichi appears to Sukegoro and his men and takes the boss’s life as revenge for Yoshiro.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Yoshiro

Osetsu

Otane

Sanzo

Boss Sukegoro Iioka

Boss Kanbei

Yahei

Innkeeper

Lord Kuroda

Tamigoro

Shiraishi

Kuroda's Manservant

Yoshida

Kanzo

Kanzo's Yakuza

Inazo

Unosuke

Official

Yasushichi

Osei

Oho

Kuroda Samurai

Yakuza
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

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 |
撮影 Photography |
本多省三 Shozo Honda |
録音 Sound |
林土太郎 Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
照明 Lighting |
伊藤貞一 Teiichi Ito |
美術 Art |
太田誠一 Seiichi Ota |
音楽 Music |
斎藤一郎 Ichiro Saito |
編集 Editor |
谷口孝司 Takashi Taniguchi |
装置 Apparatus |
城修 Osamu Jo |
擬斗 Action |
宮内昌平 Shohei Miyauchi |
助監督 Assistant Director |
井上昭 Akira Inoue |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
倉嶋暢 Manabu Kurashima |
製作主任 Production Manager |
大菅実 Minoru Osuga |
出演者 Performers |
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勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
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城健三朗 Kenzaburo Jo |
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水谷良重 Yoshie Mizutani |
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万里昌代 Masayo Banri |
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中村豊 Yutaka Nakamura |
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柳永二郎 Eijiro Yanagi |
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沢村宗之助 Sonosuke Sawamura |
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山路義人 Yoshita Yamaji |
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浅尾奥山 Okayama Asao |
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春本富士夫 Fujio Harumoto |
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杉山昌三九 Shosaku Sugiyama |
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南条新太郎 Shintaro Nanjo |
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南部彰三 Shozo Nanbu |
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嵐三右ヱ門 Tamiemon Arashi |
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水原浩一 Koichi Mizuhara |
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伊達三郎 Saburo Date |
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高倉一郎 Ichiro Takakura |
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玉置一恵 Kazue Tamaki |
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芝田総二 Shinji Shibata |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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浜田雄史 Yuji Hamada |
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若杉曜子 Yoko Wakasugi |
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井上明子 Akiko Inoue |
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横山文彦 Fumihiko Yokoyama |
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春日清 Kiyoshi Kasuga |
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愛原光一 Koichi Aihara |
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木村玄 Gen Kimura |
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千石泰三 Yuzo Sengoku |
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志賀明 Akira Shiga |
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若原進 Susumu Wakahara |
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福井隆次 Ryuji Fukui |
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大杉潤 Jun Osugi |
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大林一夫 Kazuo Obayashi |
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藪内武司 Takeshi Yabuchi |
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竹谷俊彦 Takeya Toshihiko |
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森田健二 Kenji Morita |
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長岡三郎 Saburo Nagaoka |
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馬場勝義 Katsuyoshi Baba |
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森内一夫 Kazuo Moriuchi |
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有村淳 Jun Arimura |
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寺村孝 Takashi Teramura |
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監督 Director |
森一生 Kazuo Mori |