His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Takeshi KitanoZatoichi / Ichi
- Tadanobu AsanoHattori Genosuke
- Michiyo YasudaTante Oume
- Yui NatsukawaOshino
- Guadalcanal TakaShinkichi
- Daigorô TachibanaGeisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto
- Yuko DaikeGeisha Okinu Naruto
- Ittoku KishibeBoss Inosuke Ginzo
- Saburo IshikuraOgi
- Akira EmotoPub Owner
Crew
- Takeshi KitanoDirector
- Takeshi KitanoScreenplay
- Kan ShimozawaNovel
- Katsumi YanagijimaDirector of Photography
- Keiichi SuzukiOriginal Music Composer
- Takeshi KitanoEditor
- Yoshinori OtaEditor
- Tsunehisa SaitôProducer
- Masayuki MoriProducer
- Takio YoshidaProducer
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