Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

座頭市逆手斬り
Zatōichi Sakategiri
Zatoichi Enemy Slashing
Director | Kazuo Mori |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Shozaburo Asai |
Photography | Hiroshi Imai |
Sound | Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
Lighting | Teiichi Ito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Seitaro Omori |
Editor | Takashi Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | September 18, 1965 |
Runtime | 78 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) |
Followed by | Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) |
![]() 座頭市逆手斬り Zatōichi Sakategiri Zatoichi Enemy Slashing |
Director | Kazuo Mori |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Shozaburo Asai |
Photography | Hiroshi Imai |
Sound | Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
Lighting | Teiichi Ito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Seitaro Omori |
Editor | Takashi Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | September 18, 1965 |
Runtime | 78 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) |
Followed by | Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) |
Zatoichi meets a man in jail, Shimazo, who claims to be innocent of the charges laid against him, yet is still condemned to death. He begs Zatoichi to contact Boss Senpachi and Boss Jubei in order to clear his name. Zatoichi is reluctant to believe the man’s account, and once free decides not to pursue the man’s request. Zatoichi wins money off of a con-man, Hyakutaro, who later takes to impersonating Zatoichi in order to win favor with the yakuza. Zatoichi’s pursuit of Hyakutaro leads straight to bosses Senpachi and Jubei.
Zatoichi delivers Shimazo’s message to the two bosses, but later discovers that the bosses themselves framed Shimazo with false charges. They saw Shimazo as an obstacle to expanding their territories and sought to have him removed. Zatoichi confronts Jubei, and forces him to write and sign a statement confessing his deeds. Jubei attempts to have Zatoichi eliminated before he can render the statement to the magistrate, but Zatoichi is too powerful for his men to overcome, and Jubei himself dies in the attempt.
Zatoichi has the statement safely delivered so Shimazo can go free. Meanwhile, Hyakutaro, whose sordid past has finally caught up with him, is arrested. Zatoichi observes impassively as Hyakutaro is escorted away.
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Hyakutaro

Oyone

Ochiyo

Boss Jubei Araiso

Boss Saheiji

Shimazo

Ippeita

Boss Senpachi

Osono

Tatsukichi

Yakuza

Saheiji's Ronin

Man at Teahouse

Man at Teahouse

Innkeeper

Gonju

Yakuza

Sanka

Tavern Girl
企画 Planning |
財前定生 Sadao Zaizen |
原作 Original Story |
子母沢寛 Kan Shimozawa |
脚本 Screenplay |
浅井昭三郎 Shozaburo Asai |
撮影 Photography |
今井ひろし Hiroshi Imai |
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 |
大森盛太郎 Seitaro Omori |
編集 Editor |
谷口孝司 Takashi Taniguchi |
装置 Apparatus |
吉見光男 Mitsuo Yoshimi |
擬斗 Action |
楠本栄一 Eiichi Kusumoto |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
倉嶋暢 Manabu Kurashima |
助監督 Assistant Director |
大洲斉 Masashi Osu |
製作主任 Production Manager |
小沢宏 Hiroshi Ozawa |
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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藤山寛美(松竹新喜劇) Kanbi Fujiyama (Shochiku New Comedy) |
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滝瑛子 Eiko Taki |
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明星雅子 Masako Akeboshi |
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石山健二郎 Kenjiro Ishiyama |
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島田竜三 Ryuzo Shimada |
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水原浩一 Koichi Mizuhara |
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守田学 Gakuya Morita |
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原田玄 Gen Harada |
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村瀬幸子 Sachiko Murase |
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木村玄 Gen Kimura |
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森内一夫 Kazuo Moriuchi |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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越川一 Ichi Koshikawa |
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堀北幸夫 Yukio Horikita |
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菊野昌代士 Masanobu Kikuno |
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志賀明 Akira Shiga |
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芝田総二 Shinji Shibata |
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南部彰三 Shozo Nanbu |
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勝村淳 Jun Katsumura |
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松田剛武 Takeshi Matsuda |
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薮内武司 Takeshi Yabuchi |
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黒木英男 Hideo Kuroki |
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伴勇太郎 Yutaro Ban |
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花村秀樹 Hideki Hanamura |
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上坊泰三 Yuzo Shobun |
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三木本賀代 Kayo Mikimoto |
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岩村百合子 Yuriko Iwamura |
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監督 Director |
森一生 Kazuo Mori |