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
Watching
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
Kenji Misumi (Director) · Ryōzō Kasahara (Screenplay)
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Jūshirō Konoe
Tajuro Akazuka
Miwa Takada
Omitsu
Yukiji Asaoka
Tomoe
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Osen
Mie Nakao
Miyuki
Takao Itō
Shokichi
Asao Koike
Boss Gonzo
Midori Isomura
Omine
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tahe
Eitarō Ozawa
Torikoshi
Jōtarō Senba
Chokichi
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kurisu
Kenzō Tabu
Kanai of Manzo
Osami Nabe
Dice Player Hanzo
Akihisa Toda
Shinnosuke Emi
Kōji Fujiyama
Gokishi
Kōichi Mizuhara
Minowa of Sobe
Ikuko Mōri
Waitress at Fukube
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Naruyama
Yūsaku Terashima
Shintarō Nanjō
Kōichi Itō
Ikkei Tamaki
Yukio Horikita
Tokio Oki
Shin'ya Saitô
Kanae Kobayashi
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Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.
