Zatoichi in Desperation
Zatoichi in Desperation

新座頭市物語・折れた杖
Shin Zatōichi Monogatari Oreta Tsue
New Zatoichi Story: Broken Cane
Director | Shintaro Katsu |
Producer |
Shintaro Katsu Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Minoru Inuzuka |
Photography | Fujio Morita |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Genji Nakaoka |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music |
Kunihiko Murai Mitsuo Miyamoto |
Editor | Toshio Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Toho, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | September 2, 1972 |
Runtime | 95 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi at Large (1972) |
Followed by | Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) |
![]() 新座頭市物語・折れた杖 Shin Zatōichi Monogatari Oreta Tsue New Zatoichi Story: Broken Cane |
Director | Shintaro Katsu |
Producer |
Shintaro Katsu Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Minoru Inuzuka |
Photography | Fujio Morita |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Genji Nakaoka |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music |
Kunihiko Murai Mitsuo Miyamoto |
Editor | Toshio Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Toho, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | September 2, 1972 |
Runtime | 95 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi at Large (1972) |
Followed by | Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) |
Zatoichi passes an elderly woman on a bridge. She stumbles, and in his confusion Zatoichi accidentally causes her to fall to her death. Zatoichi searches for the woman’s daughter, and finds her working in a brothel belonging to boss Mangoro. He decides to raise the funds to release the woman’s daughter, Nishikigi, from her contract. He quickly raises the funds from Mangoro’s gambling house, and pays for Nishigiki’s freedom. Ushimatsu, Nishigiki’s lover, despises Zatoichi for paying the debt he was trying to pay himself, and distrusts Nishigiki, even though Zatoichi has refused to touch her. Mangoro continues to execute his plans to terrorize the local fishermen in a bid to take over the fishing industry, in order to impress his big boss from Iioka.
Word comes down from Iioka that the big boss is offering a sizable reward for Zatoichi’s head. Mangoro decides to trap Zatoichi and collect the bounty himself and secure his position with the big boss. He sends Ushimatsu to rush Zatoichi when he is at home with Nishigiki. The initial attack fails, and the yakuza abscond with Nishigiki. Zatoichi arrives at Mangoro’s headquarters, where he is forced to disarm himself or else risk injury to Nishigiki. Mangoro has Ushimatsu impale Zatoichi’s hands, preventing him from wielding a sword. After Zatoichi retreats, Mangoro kills Ushimatsu out of spite and prepares to have his men kill Zatoichi for the big boss’s pleasure.
When Mangoro and his men approach Zatoichi, they find that he has fastened his sword to his hand with cloth, and is no less lethal for it. Mangoro’s men are slowly whittled down, and the big boss departs to leave Mangoro to his fate. Deserted by his men, Mangoro is executed by Zatoichi. Nishigiki tries to locate Zatoichi after the battle, but he has disappeared down the coastline, his footprints lost in the surf.
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Nishikigi

Kaede

Kamijo

Boss Mangoro

Ohama

Old Woman

Tokujiro

Boss Sukegoro

Inokichi

Shinkichi

Ihachi

Kasato

Nisuke

Ginzo

Ruffian

Fisherman

Ushimatsu
製作 Producer |
勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
西岡弘善 Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
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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 |
森田富士郎 Fujio Morita |
録音 Sound |
大角正夫 Masao Osumi |
照明 Lighting |
中岡源権 Genji Nakaoka |
美術 Art |
太田誠一 Seiichi Ota |
音楽 Music |
村井邦彦 Kunihiko Murai |
宮本光雄 Mitsuo Miyamoto |
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編集 Editor |
谷口登司夫 Toshio Taniguchi |
擬斗 Action |
勝村淳 Jun Katsumura |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
倉嶋暢 Manabu Kurashima |
助監督 Assistant Director |
奥家猛 Takeshi Okuya |
製作主任 Production Manager |
足立源一郎 Genichiro Adachi |
記録 Archiving |
山本礼子 Reiko Yamamoto |
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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太地喜和子 Kiwako Taichi |
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吉沢京子 Kyoko Yoshizawa |
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高城丈二 Joji Takagi |
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小池朝雄 Asao Koike |
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春川ますみ Masumi Harukawa |
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伏見直江 Naoe Fushimi |
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青山良彦 Yoshihiko Aoyama |
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大滝秀治 Hideji Otaki |
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藤岡重慶 Jukei Fujioka |
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小海秦寛(子役) Shinkan Koumi (Child) |
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松山照夫 Teruo Matsuyama |
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田島和子 Kazuko Tajima |
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古川ロック Rokku Furukawa |
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浜田雄史 Yuji Hamada |
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森章二 Shoji Mori |
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勝村淳 Jun Katsumura |
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北野柘也 Yukuya Kitano |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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真山達 Tatsu Mayama |
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薮内武司 Takeshi Yabuchi |
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新関順司郎 Shinjiro Shinsho |
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福井隆次 Ryuji Fukui |
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藤春保 Kei Fujiharu |
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伴勇太郎 Yutaro Ban |
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長岡三郎 Saburo Nagaoka |
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花岡秀樹 Hideki Hanaoka |
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森内一夫 Kazuo Moriuchi |
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松岡信江 Nobue Matsuoka |
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石井貴美子 Kimiko Ishii |
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三星東美 Tomi Mitsuboshi |
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山村嵯都子 Sachiko Yamamura |
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佐々木清乃 Kiyono Sasaki |
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中村賀津雄 Katsuo Nakamura |
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監督 Director |
勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |