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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Kihachi Okamoto (writer)
Kan Shimosawa (characters)
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Release Date:
15 January 1970 (Japan) more
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
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Zatoichi films a genre unto themselves more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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 (Daieicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:M (TV rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M
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This film was so popular that in the U.S. is was booked into some theaters that normally didn't run foreign language films. more
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Follows Zatoichi sekisho yaburi (1964) more
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My earlier comments about Z...to Y... were meant to convey the idea that Zatoichi films are a genre unto themselves. Like the Chinese films of myth and legend, rich with the mystical and supernatural power of its heroes (on which the current Xena and Hercules are molded) Zatoichi films have a certain style which sets them apart.
I could suggest the Clouseau-esque qualities of the everyman protagonist who is handicapped and endowed with with preternatural ability. But that would be but a Western approximation (and a poor one at that) of an Eastern (perhaps uniquely Japanese) archtype.
Words do not suffice - see any other Zatoichi film and it will be apparent why Zatoichi has reached cult status.