The Tale of Zatoichi
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.
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Zatôichi
Masayo Banri
Otane
Ryūzō Shimada
Shigezô
Hajime Mitamura
Hanji
Shigeru Amachi
Miki Hirate
Michirō Minami
Tatekichi
Eijirō Yanagi
Sukegorô
Toshio Chiba
Masakichi
Manabu Morita
Seisuke
Yoshito Yamaji
Yahei
Yoichi Funaki
Yogoro
Eigorō Onoe
Rihei
Ikuko Mōri
Oyutaka
Chitose Maki
Yoshi
Kinya Ichikawa
Mokichi
Jun Fujikawa
Iioka yakuza member
Yukio Horikita
Kanaji
Yūji Hamada
Iioka yakuza member
Bonta Maru
Gen Kimura
Sasagawa gambler spy
Ryuji Fukui
Daihachi
Hajime Koshikawa
A farmer
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Iioka yakuza member
Kanae Kobayashi
Kane the innkeeper
Crew
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
Ikuo Kubodera
Executive Producer
Kenji Misumi
Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Akira Naitō
Production Design
Mitsuru Tanabe
Production Manager
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story