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1. Eyes in the Dark (2022)
8 min | Short, Action
A Blind traveler is making his way across the land, but some Bandits try to cut his journey short. However, their plan takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Sean Johnson | Stars: Cliff Foster, Levi Durighello, Nicholas Devol, Flamingo Fred
2. Ichi (2008)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shidô Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa
Votes: 3,980
3. Takashi Miike × Sho Aikawa: Zatoichi (2008 Video)
166 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In addition to churning out crowd-pleasers like Crows Zero, Like a Dragon, and Sukiyaki Western Django, maverick director Miike Takashi also found time to return to theater in 2007. ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Sadao Abe, Shô Aikawa, Saki Asami, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 26
4. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,523 | Gross: $0.85M
5. Zatoichi (1989)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival... See full summary »
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai, Ryûtarô Gan
Votes: 1,873
6.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Dream Journey
(1979)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In a fever dream Zatoichi experiences redemption and then damnation. His feeling on awakening are not reciprocated.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Junko Inagawa, Hideo Kanze, Shintarô Katsu, Inami Michiko
Votes: 10
7.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Rainbow Journey
(1979)
Action, Adventure, Drama
The massage of a wealthy merchant's unwell daughter becomes something more and leads to complications for everyone.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shintarô Katsu, Nakamura Minae
Votes: 11
8.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
Road of Manure
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A blind man accosts Zatoichi because he was mistaken for him and almost killed. The blind man's companion has some shady deal with a priest. But no one is above suspicion.
Director: Akikazu Ota | Stars: Shintarô Akatsuki, Takuya Fujioka, Shintarô Katsu, Niina Kazumi
9.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Gift of the Letter 'Eye'
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
An orphan boy befriends Zatoichi and takes him home to meet his adopted family. Zatoichi's love of children brings happiness to all. However, things never go that smoothly for our hero.
Director: Masao Kobayashi | Stars: Yûji Hamada, Gô Haraguchi, Kenichi Kamiya, Shintarô Katsu
10.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The 100 Ryo Love
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A married woman selling medicine becomes overly attached to Zatoichi as they travel together and encounter many attacks.
Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Stars: Shintarô Akatsuki, Akio Hasegawa, Shintarô Katsu, Niina Kazumi
11.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Song That Struck Ichi
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Keizô Kanie, Shintarô Katsu, Kazuo Kitamura, Kyôsuke Machida
12.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Revolving Lantern
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A yakuza boss who stood up to corrupt government officials wanders the country with a price on his head, guarded by his lieutenant. The lieutenant knows his boss's days are numbered and searches for a solution.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Mariko Endo, Sei Hiraizumi, Shôji Ishibashi, Shintarô Katsu
13.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Winter Sea
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A young, gravely ill artist takes up with Zatoichi along with a repentant would-be gang member. The artist spends her days drawing Zatoichi.
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Mieko Harada, Yukio Horikita, Shintarô Katsu, Gakuya Morita
14.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
Here Comes the Masseur
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A child princess is being transported to become married but she has nightmares about marriage, wanders off with her dog, and attaches herself to Ichi.
Director: Kai Shimada | Stars: Jun Fujikawa, Yoshio Inaba, Masaki Kamo, Shintarô Katsu
15.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
Traveling with a Child
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A young boy hands Ichi a note asking him to take the boy to his grandfather. They happen on the boy's father being attacked and Ichi disarms the attackers but not before the father is mortally wounded.
Director: Akikazu Ota | Stars: Torahiko Hamada, Bunjaku Han, Masao Imafuku, Shintarô Katsu
16.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
At the Outbreak of the Rain
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A former prostitute from Zatoichi's past awaits her execution from someone she betrayed. Meanwhile she spurns Zatoichi's attempts at friendship.
Director: Akikazu Ota | Stars: Tokue Hanazawa, Ayumi Ishida, Shintarô Katsu, Shin'ichirô Mikami
17.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The woman who Betrayed Chuji
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A man and woman who had a complicated relationship with Chuji, one of Zatoichi's old bosses, come across Zatoichi while being pursued.
Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Stars: Kazuhiko Hirota, Shintarô Katsu, Kojirô Kawanami, Shin Kishida
18.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
A Dream at the Awa Festival
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi meets a boy who is going back to live at his ancestral home after both his parents died. But the boy's appearance causes confusion at the home. And Zatoichi is pursued by a single-mindedly vengeful woman.
Director: Masao Kobayashi | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Jun Hamamura, Shintarô Katsu, Hôsei Komatsu
19.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
A Long Time Ago
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang follows Ichi into a town of his childhood trying to kill him. A woman in the gang realizes that Ichi was her childhood friend. The gang holds all the children of the town hostage to force Ichi out.
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Yoshiya Fujiyama, Junko Inagawa, Renji Ishibashi, Shintarô Katsu
20. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Blind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs.
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Renji Ishibashi, Keizô Kanie, Shintarô Akatsuki
Votes: 258
21.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
A Memorial Day and the Bell of Life
(1974)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Due to an event in his past, Zatoichi won't draw his sword on a certain day every year. That day has arrived. His enemies, however, have no such restriction. Now he must try to survive the day.
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Yoshihiko Aoyama, Daisuke Awaji, Takashi Ebata, Seiji Endô
Votes: 15
22.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The 1,000 Ryo Raffle
(1974)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi meets a drunken ex-convict, who gives him a lottery ticket. The ex-con goes back to his village only to find his home life is not the way he left it.
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Miyoko Akaza, Kai Atô, Yoshio Harada, Shintarô Katsu
Votes: 7
23.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
Suicide Song of Lovers
(1974)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Goze (blind woman musician) is cast out of her association for falling in love with a man in violation of the Goze rules, but the man's family will not accept her.
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Ruriko Asaoka, Renji Ishibashi, Shintarô Katsu, Yoshi Katô
Votes: 9
24.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Coming of Spring
(1974)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi tries to help a spoiled rich girl who is traveling alone but she is ungrateful for all the things he does for her.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Gannosuke Ashiya, Jun Fujikawa, Tatsuo Fujimori, Shintarô Katsu
Votes: 7
25. Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Drama
Zatoichi returns to his home village for the first time in over ten years to find much has changed and that corruption abounds.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Yukiyo Toake, Eiji Okada, Kei Satô
Votes: 1,085
26. Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After accidentally causing an old lady's death, Zatoichi seeks out her daughter to atone for the tragedy, consequently getting into all sorts of trouble.
Director: Shintarô Katsu | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa, Yasuhiro Koume
Votes: 1,144
27. Blindman (1971)
R | 105 min | Western
After fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Lloyd Battista, Magda Konopka
Votes: 1,338
28. Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart?
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu, Michie Terada, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 1,718
29. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Adventure, Action
Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Reiko Ôhara, Pîtâ, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 1,550
30. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shintarô Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa
Votes: 2,825
31. Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Action, Adventure
Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Yoshiko Mita, Makoto Satô, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 1,306
32. Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Action, Adventure
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyôsuke Machida, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 1,291
33. Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Adventure, Action
After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jûshirô Konoe, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka
Votes: 1,507
34. Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Makoto Fujita
Votes: 1,398
35. Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Rentarô Mikuni, Kô Nishimura, Yûko Hamada
Votes: 1,365
36. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Michiyo Yasuda, Kunie Tanaka, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 1,207
37. Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Promising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura, Mayumi Ogawa
Votes: 1,292
38. Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki
Votes: 1,593
39. Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After Zatoichi learns of his sensei's murder he uncovers a horrible conspiracy involving the local government and crime family.
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Norihei Miki, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Takeshi Katô
Votes: 1,521
40. Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, searches for proof an imprisoned man's innocence.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Takashiro, Masako Akeboshi
Votes: 1,365
41. Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Saburô Date, Kôji Fujiyama, Chikara Hashimoto
Votes: 1,883
42. Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi is mistaken for a thief. To clear his name he must find and defeat the real villain.
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shôgo Shimada, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Machiko Hasegawa
Votes: 1,831
43. Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Takashiro, Kichijirô Ueda
Votes: 1,532
44. Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being wounded in a fight, Zatoichi is nursed to health by a young woman and her father. Now indebted to the family, he works to protect their ferry business from local thugs.
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuo Endô, Takashi Etajima, Ryûtarô Gomi
Votes: 1,705
45. Suruga yûkyôden: Toba arashi (1964)
90 min | Action
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Shiho Fujimura
46. Surugayu kyoden yabure tekka (1964)
86 min | Drama
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, San'emon Arashi, Mitsuyo Asaka, Saburô Date
47. Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
PG | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi promises to deliver a maiden safely home but finds two dangerous gangs have a mysterious interest in the young girl.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryûzô Shimada, Reiko Fujiwara
Votes: 1,984
48. New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Seizaburô Kawazu, Fujio Suga
Votes: 2,376
49. Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Adventure, Action
A yakuza gang targets the blind masseur Zatoichi after he defeats their group in a wrestling match. Meanwhile a long lost love of Zatoichi's returns to his life.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada, Masayo Banri, Jun'ichirô Narita
Votes: 2,015
50. Shinsengumi shimatsuki (1963)
93 min | Action, Drama
As change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of respect for their leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement goes, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Shigeru Amachi
Votes: 208