The Tale of Zatoichi

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Audience Score
72
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NR 1 hr 36 minAdventure, Drama, ActionZatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection PosterPart of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
StarringShintarō KatsuMasayo BanriRyûzô Shimada
DirectorKenji Misumi

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Ikuo Kubodera
Production Companies:Daiei Film
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookjapanyakuzasamuraicriminaljidaigekiperiod dramasword fightedo periodchanbara

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.