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Director:
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Writers:
Minoru Inuzuka (writer)
Kan Shimosawa (story)
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Release Date:
27 June 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama more
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or "Zatoichi") is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or "Omitsu") to her family in Edo... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Shintarô Katsu ... Zatôichi / Ichi, a zatô in the Tôdô-za (guild for the blind)
Shiho Fujimura ... Mitsu
Ryuzo Shimada ... Jingorô (as Ryuuzô Shimada)
Reiko Fujiwara ... Hisa
Matasaburo Niwa ... Yamada
Yoshio Yoshida ... Boss Tomegoro of Kagotame
Sonosuke Sawamura ... Boss Tobei of Shimozuma
Shôsaku Sugiyama ... Boss Hikozo of Doyama
Yutaka Nakamura ... Matsu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gen Kimura ... Yakuza enforcer
Teruko Omi ... Palaquin receptionist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Fighting Journey
Zatôichi (short title)
Zatôichi 5 (Japan) (series title)
Zatoichi and the Scoundrels
Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi's Fighting Journey (USA)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Daiei Studios more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Boss Tobei of Shimozuma: [after Zatoichi lures three Yakuza bosses from two opposing sides of a gang war via a ruse] You blind bastard!
Boss Tomegoro of Kagotame: I run an honest business.
Zatôichi: Then why did you try to kidnap the girl?
Boss Tomegoro of Kagotame: No, it wasn't like that. It was -...
Zatôichi: [Zatoichi interrupts] Nobody has a worse reputation around here than you guys.
[pauses then around to face Boss Hikozo]
Zatôichi: You too.
Boss Hikozo of Doyama: What?
Zatôichi: Using an innocent woman as bait - Unscrupulous coward! None of you deserves to live.
Boss Hikozo of Doyama: What are you talking about? Get them!
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Zatôichi nidan-kiri (1965) more

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Chivalry is tested, 30 March 2002
Author: eceltiu from California, USA

When Zatoichi accidentally met an unknown dying man, who asked him to save an unknown maiden, he felt obligated. He didn't even have to promise. Time and again, he did everything in his power to save the maiden in several occassions. But when he took side on a feudal quarrel, he found himself choosing between which one to honor better: The request of a dying man or the contract he made with one of the gang leaders. You've guessed what he opted. Modern gangsters may have a different code of ethics.

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