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
Watching
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
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Kazuo Mori (Director) · Minoru Inuzuka (Screenplay)
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Yoshie Mizutani
Osetsu
Masayo Banri
Otane
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Nagisa no Yoshiro
Yutaka Nakamura
Kagami no Sanzo
Sonosuke Sawamura
Seki no Kanbei
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Tamigoro
Yoshito Yamaji
Yahei
Eijirō Yanagi
Sukegoro Hanoka
Fujio Harumoto
Lord Kuroda of Echizen
Kōichi Mizuhara
Kanzo
Saburo Date
Mirosuke
Shintarō Nanjō
Samon Shiraishi
Shōzō Nanbu
Gouemon Kashiya
San'emon Arashi
Kai Yoshida
Kōichi Aihara
Jun Arimura
Okuyama Asao
Katsuyoshi Baba
Takaji Fukui
Yūji Hamada
Akiko Inoue
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Gen Kimura
Kenji Morita
Kazuo Mortuchi
Saburō Nagaoka
Tokio Oki
Taizô Sengoku
Sōji Shibata
Akira Shiga
Ichirō Takakura
Toshihiko Takeguchi
Ikkei Tamaki
Takashi Teramura
Susumu Wakahara
Yōko Wakasugi
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Kazuo Ōbayashi
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Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
