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67% Critic Match
Adventures of Zatoichi
6.7 / 10• 1964• 1h 26m•NR• Japanese
AdventureActionDrama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Lead
Miwa Takada
Saki
Eiko Taki
Osen
Kichijirō Ueda
Boss Jinbei
DN
Daimaru Nakata
Zany Entertainer
Mikijiro Hira
Gounosuke
Gen Kimura
Yakuza dice thrower
Akitake Kōno
Intendant Gorota Kajima
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kimiyoshi Yasuda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Adventures of Zatoichi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
