Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi
Theatrical poster to Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi
Directed by	Kenji Misumi
Produced by	Hisakazu Tsuji
Written by	Novels: Kan Shimozawa Screenplay: Kiyokata Saruwaka Hisashi Sugiura Tetsuro Yoshida
Music by	Sei Ikeno
Cinematography	Fujio Morita
Editing by	Toshio Taniguchi
Distributed by	Daiei
Released	December 28, 1968
Running time	84 min.
Preceded by	Zatoichi 18: Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Followed by	Zatoichi 20: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
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Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi (座頭市喧嘩太鼓, Zatōichi kenka-daiko) aka Zatoichi and the Drum and Zatoichi Fighting Drums^[1] is a 1968 film based on Kan Shimozawa's novels, directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi the blind swordsman. Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi is the nineteenth entry in the popular, long-running Zatoichi series.

CastEdit

• Shintarō Katsu ... Zatoichi^[2][3]
• Yoshiko Mita ... Osode
• Makoto Satō ... Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
• Kō Nishimura ... Sosuke Saruya
• Takuya Fujioka ... Shinkichi
• Chocho Miyako ... Ohaya
• Akira Shimizu ... Kumakichi
• Ryōichi Tamagawa ... Chohachi
• Machiko Soga ... Osen
• Ryutaro Gomi ... Sashichi
• Osamu Ōkawa ... Tokuji
• Rokko Toura ... Choji
• Kazue Tamachi ... Aburaya no Banto, the oil shop clerk
• Yukio Horikita ... Isokichi
• Takeshi Date ... Kinzo
• Yasuhiro Minakami ... Unokichi
• Moto Kimura ... Daisaku Igawa
• Shōsaku Sugiyama ... Kinsuke
• Kazuo Yamamoto ... Dice Player
• Akira Moroguchi ... Shota
• Takeshi Hamada ... Hyoma Muraki
• Jun Katsumura ... Rokusuke
• Takeshi Yabuchi ... Jakujiro
• Teruko Ōmi ... Okatsu

Release historyEdit

Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi was released theatrically on December 28, 1968.^[4] In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1984 and 1992, and in DVD format in 2003 as a single and as part of a box set.^[5] Home Vision Entertainment released it on DVD in the US on August 24, 2004.^[6]

BibliographyEdit

EnglishEdit

• Buchanan, Jason. Samaritan Zatoichi at Allmovie
• Galloway, Patrick (2005). Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1-880656-93-0.
• Silver, Alain [1977] (1983). "The Alien Hero I. The Blind Swordfighters : Zato Ichi and the Crimson Bat" in The Samurai Film. Woodstock: The Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-879511-75-3.
• Wallis, John (September 12, 2004). Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 19 - Samaritan Zatoichi at DVD Talk.
• ZATO ICHI KENKADAIKO at the Complete Index to World Film
• Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi review at Kung Fu Cinema
• Zatôichi kenka-daiko (1968) at the Internet Movie Database

JapaneseEdit

• " 座頭市喧嘩太鼓 (1968)" (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
• "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-08-22.
• "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
• "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
• "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

External linksEdit

• "SAMARITAN ZATOICHI at www.momii.com (US DVD release)

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ZATO ICHI KENKADAIKO at the Complete Index to World Film
2. ↑ "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
3. ↑ Zatôichi kenka-daiko (1968) at the Internet Movie Database
4. ↑ "座頭市喧嘩太鼓" (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-08-22.
5. ↑ " 座頭市喧嘩太鼓 (1968)" (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
6. ↑ Wallis, John (September 12, 2004). Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 19 - Samaritan Zatoichi at DVD Talk.