Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Zatoichi's Conspiracy

新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
Shin Zatōichi Monogatari Kasama No Chimatsuri
New Zatoichi Story: Kasama Blood Festival
Director | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
Producer |
Shintaro Katsu Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Kei Hattori |
Photography | Chikashi Makiura |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Shozo Saito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Yoshiharu Hayashi |
Production Companies | Toho, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | April 21, 1973 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) |
Followed by | Zatoichi (1989) |
![]() 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り Shin Zatōichi Monogatari Kasama No Chimatsuri New Zatoichi Story: Kasama Blood Festival |
Director | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
Producer |
Shintaro Katsu Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story | Kan Shimozawa |
Screenplay | Kei Hattori |
Photography | Chikashi Makiura |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Shozo Saito |
Art | Seiichi Ota |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Yoshiharu Hayashi |
Production Companies | Toho, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | April 21, 1973 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) |
Followed by | Zatoichi (1989) |
Zatoichi arrives in his hometown to find everything in disarray. Shinbei, a childhood friend, has colluded with the magistrate and the local yakuza boss, Iwagoro, to pay off the penalty fees for the villagers’ overdue rice tributes to the shogunate, while underhandedly stripping them of the mining rights to the granite quarry that they’ve held for generations. At first the villagers have no hope of undoing the deal, since even the magistrate is in on the corrupt scheme. Zatoichi, however, hears a rumor that the magistrate has been using an illegal measure for the rice tribute, which he intends to use as leverage.
Zatoichi confronts Shinbei over his actions, but despite the blind man’s warnings Shinbei is determined to carry out his scheme and make off with the fortunes from the quarry. Zatoichi kidnaps the magistrate and takes him to a rice warehouse, where he proves that the magistrate has been using an illegal measure. Before he can coerce the magistrate to stop Shinbei, Iwagoro’s men arrive and trap Zatoichi in the warehouse.
The yakuza ransack the warehouse looking for Zatoichi, only to be slaughtered when he finally does show himself. Zatoichi executes the magistrate, Iwagoro, and most of Iwagoro’s men until only Shinbei is left. Cornered in the warehouse, Shinbei pleads for mercy, begging Zatoichi to remember their childhood days together. Zatoichi hesitates and Shinbei tries to flee, but slips and impales himself on a loose sword. Zatoichi departs while the villagers try to assess the situation.
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Omiyo

Sakubei

Magistrate

Shobei

Boss Iwagoro

Tomo

Yuri

Genjuro

Hide

Gen

Traveler

Yabei

Masakichi

Dice Thrower

Host

Shinbei
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 |
服部佳子 Yoshiko Hattori |
撮影 Photography |
牧浦地志 Chikashi Makiura |
録音 Sound |
大角正夫 Masao Osumi |
照明 Lighting |
斉藤省三 Shozo Saito |
美術 Art |
太田誠一 Seiichi Ota |
音楽 Music |
伊福部昭 Akira Ifukube |
編集 Editor |
林義治 Yoshiharu Hayashi |
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 |
小林正雄 Masao Kobayashi |
製作主任 Production Manager |
足立源一郎 Genichiro Adachi |
装置 Apparatus |
馬場正男 Masao Baba |
装飾 Decoration |
清水与三吉 Shimizu Izumi |
衣裳 Costume |
伊藤ナツ Natsu Ito |
美粧 Beauty |
湯本秀夫 Hideo Yumoto |
結髪 Hair Dressing |
石井エミ Emi Ishii |
色彩技術 Color Technique |
小池清茂 Kiyoshige Koike |
記録 Archiving |
山本礼子 Reiko Yamamoto |
演技事務 Actor Affairs |
服部正一 Shoichi Hattori |
スチール Stills |
大谷栄一 Eiichi Otani |
宣伝 Marketing |
中村努 Tsutomu Nakamura |
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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十朱幸代 Yukiyo Toake |
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志村喬 Takashi Shimura |
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佐藤慶 Kei Sato |
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土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya |
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遠藤辰雄 Tatsuo Endo |
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岸部シロー Shiro Kishibe |
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横山リエ Rie Yokoyama |
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高森玄 Gen Takamori |
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朝比奈尚行 Naoyuki Asahina |
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酒井修 Osamu Sakai |
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田武謙三 Kenzo Tabu |
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寺島雄作 Yusaku Terashima |
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石井くに子 Kuniko Ishii |
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浜田雄史 Yuji Hamada |
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浮田左武郎 Shojiro Ukita |
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九段吾郎 Goro Kudan |
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沖時男 Tokio Oki |
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薮内武司 Takeshi Yabuchi |
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武田てい子 Teiko Takeda |
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太田優子 Yuko Ota |
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菊野昌代士 Masanobu Kikuno |
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宮下有三 Yuzo Miyashita |
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島田正六 Shoroku Shimada |
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神田絋司 Koji Kanda |
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渡辺満男 Mitsuo Watanabe |
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藤春保 Kei Fujiharu |
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福井隆次 Ryuji Fukui |
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山村嵯都子 Sachiko Yamamura |
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松岡信江 Nobue Matsuoka |
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岡田英次 Eiji Okada |
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監督 Director |
安田公義 Kimiyoshi Yasuda |