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Zatoichi

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Released
3 Feb 1989
Runtime
116 min
Japanese title
座頭市
Zatôichi
Source
Short story by Shimozawa Kan
Series
No. 26
Zatoichi Series
  1. The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
  2. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
  3. New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
  4. Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
  5. Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
  6. Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
  7. Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
  8. Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
  9. Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
  10. Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
  11. Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
  12. Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
  13. Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
  14. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
  15. Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
  16. Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
  17. Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
  18. Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
  19. Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
  20. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
  21. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
  22. Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
  23. Zatoichi at Large (1972)
  24. Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
  25. Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
  26. Zatoichi (1989)

Preceded by Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
Studio
Katsu Productions, Miku
Staff
Director
Katsu Shintarô
Producer
Katsu Shintarô
Tsukamoto Jun Adams
Screenplay
Katsu Shintarô
Nakamura Tsutomu
Ichiyama Tatsumi
Adaptation
Nakaoka Kyôhei
Photography
Naganuma Mutsuo
Lighting
Kumagai Hideo
Sound
Horiuchi Senchi
Art
Umeda Chiyoo
Editor
Taniguchi Toshio
Music
Edison
Cast

Top billed

Katsu Shintarô
Zatôichi
Katsu Shintarô
Higuchi Kanako
Bosatsu
Higuchi Kanako
Jin'nai Takanori
Hanshu
Jin'nai Takanori
Kataoka Tsurutarô
Tsuru
Kataoka Tsurutarô
Okumura Takehiro
Goemon
Okumura Takehiro
Kusano Toyomi
Oume
Kusano Toyomi
Joe Yamanaka
Sukezaemon
Joe Yamanaka
Matsumura Kazuko
Singer
Matsumura Kazuko
Tatara Jun
Shôya
Tatara Jun
Ebata Takashi
Genta
Ebata Takashi
Umezu Sakae
Okappiki
Umezu Sakae
Kanie Keizô
Jin
Kanie Keizô
Uchida Yûya
Akabei
Uchida Yûya
Ogata Ken
Ronin
Ogata Ken

Supporting

Ueda Kôichi
Uchida Yakuza
Ueda Kôichi
Home Video

DVD

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
Media Blasters · 2004
  • "The Zatoichi Gallery: Video History of a Legend" Documentary

Blu-ray

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Media Blasters · 2018
  • "The Zatoichi Gallery: Video History of a Legend" Documentary