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68% Critic Match
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
6.8 / 10• 1964• 1h 28m•NR• Japanese
AdventureActionDrama
Storyline
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Cast & Crew
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Lead
Nobuo Kaneko
Unosuke
Gen Kimura
Hyaku
Ikuko Mōri
Babysitting prostitute
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Hangoro
Hizuru Takachiho
Ko
Yoshi Katō
Temple priest
Saburo Date
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kenji Misumi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fight, Zatoichi, Fight is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
