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Director:
Writers:
Kihachi Okamoto (writer)
Kan Shimosawa (characters)
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Release Date:
15 January 1970 (Japan) more
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Tagline:
A legendary figure in Japan is Zatoichi - the blind masseur with healing hands and a swift sword.
Plot:
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
not the worst, not the best, but plenty good more (12 total)

Cast

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Shintarô Katsu ... Zatoichi
Ayako Wakao ... Umeno
Osamu Takizawa ... Yasuke Eboshiya
Masakane Yonekura ... Boss Masagoro (as Sakatoshi Masakane)
Shin Kishida ... Kuzuryu
Kanjuro Arashi ... Hyoroku
Toshiyuki Hosokawa ... Sanaemon Goto
Shigeru Kôyama ... Jinzaburo Wakiya (as Shigeru Kamiyama)
Minoru Terada
Hideo Sunazuka
Daigo Kusano
Fujio Tokita (as Fujio Tsuneda)
Gen Kimura
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroto Kimura
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Zatôichi 20 (Japan) (informal title)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (USA)
Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo
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Runtime:
79 min | USA:115 min
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Color:
Color (Daieicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

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Current prints have replaced the original Toho logo with the Daiei logo. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
not the worst, not the best, but plenty good, 16 January 2005
8/10
Author: xray0118 from Toronto

this may not be the best zatoichi title, hindered by a complicated plot and an unusually long runtime (116 mins), but it's easily an 8/10 compared to other zatoichi films (1989's 'zatoichi' being the worst and a 1 out of 10). if you're a zatoichi fan you are not allowed to miss this one or you're out of the club.

shintaro katsu and toshiro mifune are in excellent form and their presence alone makes it worth seeing. both of them look great. mifune is in his post-kurosawa days, but still in his prime and his face is aged to perfection.

don't expect a kurosawa film––this series was made as entertainment, not art. of course yojimbo is a better film, but this is every bit as funny and entertaining.

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