Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi
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| Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi | |
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| Directed by | Kenji Misumi |
| Produced by | Ikuo Kubodera |
| Written by | Short Story: Kan Shimozawa Screenplay: Minoru Inuzuka |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Chishi Makiura |
| Editing by | Kanji Suganuma |
| Distributed by | Kadokawa Pictures |
| Released | 1962 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Followed by | Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues |
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Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi (座頭市物語 Zatoichi monogatari) is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. It is the first film in the Zatoichi series.
[edit] Cast
- Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi/Blind Man Ichi/Masseur Ichi
- Masayo Banri as Otane/Tatekichi's sister/Seisuke's ex-lover
- Ryuzo Shimada as Shigezo of Sasagawa/Sasagawa yakuza boss
- Hajime Mitamura as Hanji of Matsugishi
- Shigeru Amachi as Hirate, Miki
- Chitose Maki as Yoshi/Hanji's wife
- Ikuko Mori as Yutaka/Shigezo's wife
- Michio Minami as Tatekichi/Otane's brother/Osaki's lover/Iioka yakuza member
- Eijiro Yanagi as Sukegoro of Iioka/Iioka yakuza boss
- Toshio Chiba as Masakichi/Iioka yakuza member
- Manabu Morita as Seisuke/Otane's ex-lover/Iioka yakuza member
- Yoichi Funaki as Yogoro/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Kinya Ichikawa as Mokichi/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Eigoro Onoe as Rihei/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Yoshito Yamaji as Yahei/Father of Otane and Tatekichi
- Yukio Horikita as Kanaji/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Ryuuji Fukui as Daihachi/Iioka yakuza member
- Masayoshi Kikuno as A coolie
- Hajime Koshikawa as A farmer
- Akira Shiga as A dice-roller
- Masashi Hamada as Iioka yakuza member
- Koichi Aihara
- Hiroyoshi Nishioka as Iioka yakuza member
- Gen Kimura
- Taizo Sengoku as Ishichi/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Noboru Taniguchi as Tomozo/Sasagawa yakuza member
- Shingo Hosotani as Iioka yakuza member
- Saburo Nagaoka
- Katsuyoshi Baba as Iioka yakuza member
- Yo Yuuki as Iioka yakuza member
- Keiko Awanami as Osaki/Tatekichi's lover
- Kanae Kobayashi
- Bonta Maru
[edit] External links
- Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi review at Kung Fu Cinema
