Adventures of Zatoichi

Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Written by Kan Shimozawa, Shozaburo Asai

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Miwa Takada

Saki

Eiko Taki

Osen

Kichijirō Ueda

Boss Jinbei

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Daimaru Nakata

Zany Entertainer

Mikijiro Hira

Gounosuke

Gen Kimura

Yakuza dice thrower

Akitake Kōno

Intendant Gorota Kajima

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kamazo

Ikuko Mōri

Hanokama

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Racket Nakata

Zany Entertainer

Teruko Ōmi

Daruma maker's wife