Shinichiro Watanabe recommends ZATOICHI
Featurette
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
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
Watching
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Shintarō Katsu (Director) · Minoru Inuzuka (Screenplay)
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Kiwako Taichi
Nishikigi
Katsuo Nakamura
Ushimatsu
Asao Koike
Boss Mangoro
Kyoko Yoshizawa
Kaede
Yasuhiro Koume
Shinkichi
Joji Takagi
Kamijo
Masumi Harukawa
Ohama
Naoe Fushimi
Old Woman
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Tokujiro Awa
Hideji Ōtaki
Sukegoro Iioka
Shigeyoshi Fujioka
Inokichi
Teruo Matsuyama
Ihachi
Kazuko Tajima
Hanasato
Rokku Furukawa
Takao Hamada
Shōji Mori
Jun Katsumura
Takuya Kitano
Tokio Oki
Tatsu Mayama
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Mangorô's Yakuza
Junjiro Niizeki
Takaji Fukui
Tamotsu Fujiharu
Yutaro Ban
Saburō Nagaoka
Hideki Hanaoka
Kazuo Mortuchi
Nobue Matsuoka
Kimiko Ishii
Masami Mitsuboshi
山村聪子
Prostitute
Kiyono Sasaki
Shinichiro Watanabe recommends ZATOICHI
Featurette
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
