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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

Poster for Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Released
10 Jul 1964
Runtime
82 min
Japanese title
座頭市あばれ凧
Zatôichi Abaredako
Zatôichi Wild Kite
Source
Short story by Shimozawa Kan
Series
No. 7
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 and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Followed by Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Studio
Daiei Film Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
Ikehiro Kazuo
Screenplay
Inuzuka Minoru
Asai Shôzaburô
Photography
Takemura Yasukazu
Sound
Ôsumi Masao
Lighting
Katô Hiroya
Art
Nishioka Yoshinobu
Music
Ikeno Sei
Editor
Taniguchi Takashi
Credits
企画Planning
久保寺生郎Kubodera Ikuo
原作Original Work
子母沢寛Shimozawa Kan
脚本Screenplay
犬塚稔Inuzuka Minoru
浅井昭三郎Asai Shôzaburô
撮影Photography
竹村康和Takemura Yasukazu
録音Recording
大角正夫Ôsumi Masao
照明Lighting
加藤博也Katô Hiroya
美術Art
西岡善信Nishioka Yoshinobu
音楽Music
池野成Ikeno Sei
編集Editing
谷口孝司Taniguchi Takashi
装置Apparatus
木村重雄Kimura Shigeo
擬斗Action
宮内昌平Miyauchi Shôhei
音響効果Sound Effects
倉嶋暢Kurashima Tôru
助監督Assistant Director
宮嶋八蔵Miyajima Hachikura
製作主任Production Manager
小沢宏Ozawa Hiroshi
現像Developing
東洋現像所Toyo Laboratory
出演者Performers
勝新太郎Katsu Shintarô
久保菜穂子Kubo Naoko
渚まゆみNagisa Mayumi
五味竜太郎Gomi Ryûtarô
遠藤辰雄Endô Tatsuo
杉田康Sugita Kô
中村豊Nakamura Yutaka
左卜全Hidari Bokuzen
香川良介Kagawa Ryôsuke
水原浩一Mizuhara Kôichi
江田島隆Etajima Takashi
南條新太郎Nanjô Shintarô
三角八郎Misumi Hachirô
舟木洋一Funaki Yôichi
毛利郁子Môri Ikuko
近江輝子Ômi Teruko
浜田雄史Hamada Yûji
玉置一恵Tamaki Kazue
越川一Koshikawa Ichi
藤川準Fujikawa Jun
沖時男Oki Tokio
春日清Kasuga Kiyoshi
小林加奈枝Kobayashi Kanae
千石泰三Sengoku Taizô
福井隆次Fukui Ryûji
三浦志郎Miura Shirô
愛原光一Aihara Kôichi
竹谷俊彦Takeya Toshihiko
薮内武司Yabuuchi Takeshi
森宏之Mori Hiroyuki
三木正八郎Miki Shôhachirô
松田剛武Matsuda Taketake
監督Director
池広一夫Ikehiro Kazuo
Cast

Top billed

Katsu Shintarô
Zatôichi
Katsu Shintarô
Kubo Naoko
Okuni
Kubo Naoko
Nagisa Mayumi
Oshizu
Nagisa Mayumi
Gomi Ryûtarô
Shibayama
Gomi Ryûtarô
Endô Tatsuo
Boss Yasugorô
Endô Tatsuo
Sugita Kô
Matsuji
Sugita Kô
Nakamura Yutaka
Mekichi
Nakamura Yutaka
Kagawa Ryôsuke
Boss Bunkichi
Kagawa Ryôsuke
Mizuhara Kôichi
Monjû
Mizuhara Kôichi
Etajima Takashi
Seiroku
Etajima Takashi
Nanjô Shintarô
Senzô
Nanjô Shintarô
Misumi Hachirô
Gonpei
Misumi Hachirô
Funaki Yôichi
Tappei
Funaki Yôichi
Môri Ikuko
Osen
Môri Ikuko
Ômi Teruko
Omine
Ômi Teruko
Hamada Yûji
Takematsu
Hamada Yûji
Tamaki Kazue
Soeda Genzô
Tamaki Kazue
Koshikawa Ichi
Heita
Koshikawa Ichi
Oki Tokio
Yasugorô Yakuza
Oki Tokio
Kobayashi Kanae
Old Woman
Kobayashi Kanae

Supporting

Katsumura Jun
Yasugorô Yakuza
Katsumura Jun · uncredited
Kuroki Gen
Bunkichi Yakuza
Kuroki Gen · uncredited
Home Video

VHS

Zatoichi: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Chambara Entertainment · 1993

DVD

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Home Vision Entertainment · 2003

Blu-ray

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
Criterion Collection · 2013
Box set · 25 films
  • "The Blind Swordsman" Documentary