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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
- Miwa TakadaOnobu
- Masayo BanriOtane
- Katsuhiko Kobayashi
- Jun'ichirō NaritaSakichi
- Tōru AbeBoss Yagiri Tokyuro
- San'emon Arashi
- Yūji Hamada
- Sumao Ishihara
- Jun KatsumuraWrestling yakuza
Crew
- Tokuzō TanakaDirector
- Seiji HoshikawaScreenplay
- Chikashi MakiuraDirector of Photography
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Hiroshi YamadaEditor
- Ikuo KuboderaProducer
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