Adventures of Zatoichi

Adventures of Zatoichi

Part of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

1964•1h 26m•6.7/10

AdventureActionDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(49)

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Miwa Takada

Miwa Takada

Saki

Eiko Taki

Eiko Taki

Osen

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Boss Jinbei

Daimaru Nakata

Zany Entertainer

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Gounosuke

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Yakuza dice thrower

Akitake Kōno

Intendant Gorota Kajima

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kamazo

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Hanokama

Racket Nakata

Zany Entertainer

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Daruma maker's wife

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