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.
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Title: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Shintarô Katsu | ... | Zatoichi | |
| Tatsuo Endô | ... | Boss Yasugoro of Takeya | |
| Takashi Etajima | ... | Seiroku | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ryûtarô Gomi | |||
| Bokuzen Hidari | ... | Kyubei | |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa | ... | Boss Bunkichi | |
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Jun Katsumura | ... | Yasugoro yakuza |
| Naoko Kubo | ... | Kuni | |
| Ikuko Môri | ... | Yasugora's sister | |
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Mayumi Nagisa | ... | Shizu |
| Yutaka Nakamura | ... | Mekichi | |
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Koh Sugita | ||
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Teruko Ômi | ... | Mine |
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Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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Boss Yasugoro of Takeya: What can a blind swordsman do? Drive him into a corner and strike him down.See more »
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Not one of the highlights of the series, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword simply doesn't display enough of Ichi's skills. There's very little action and what there is is brief. The story itself feels padded out, even at a brisk 82 minutes, and one gets the feeling Daiei was simply trying to turn out as many films as possible to capitalise on the character's popularity. It's not bad, merely disappointing.