The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
26 films
The Tale of Zatoichi
1962
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962
New Tale of Zatoichi
1963
Watching
Zatoichi the Fugitive
1963
Zatoichi on the Road
1963
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Zatoichi Challenged
1967
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
Zatoichi at Large
1972
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Tokuzō Tanaka (Director) · Seiji Hoshikawa (Screenplay)
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Miwa Takada
Onobu
Masayo Banri
Otane
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Jun'ichirō Narita
Sakichi
Tōru Abe
Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
San'emon Arashi
Yūji Hamada
Sumao Ishihara
Jun Katsumura
Wrestling yakuza
Kōichi Mizuhara
Boss Unosuke
Yasuhiro Mizukami
Boss Tamamura
Sachiko Murase
Maki
Hiroshi Nawa
Tokio Oki
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Ikkei Tamaki
Yōko Wakasugi
Teruko Ōmi
Innkeeper maid
Jutarō Hōjō
Tanakura
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After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
