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
Watching
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
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Tokuzō Tanaka (Director) · Minoru Inuzuka (Screenplay) · Kikuo Umebayashi (Screenplay)
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Yayoi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Banno
Fujio Suga
Yasuhiko
Mieko Kondō
Inn keeper's wife
Tatsuo Endō
Inn keeper
Gen Kimura
Yakuza member with mark on his face
Chitose Maki
Tame's wife
Kanae Kobayashi
Old lady going deaf
Yutaka Nakamura
Yasuhiko's brother
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Tengu Ronin that gets a massage
Saburo Date
Anzo
Ichirō Takakura
Kingo Kanda
Shōzō Nanbu
Jinpachiro Kanda
Toyoko Takechi
Oshige
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Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
