Zatoichi on the Road(1963)

Name: Zatoichi on the Road
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Released: 1963-11-30
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryūzō Shimada, Reiko Fujiwara, Matasaburô Niwa

11/30/1963 (US)Adventure, Action, Drama, History1h 27m

6.9

Overview

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Director

Minoru Inuzuka

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Shiho Fujimura

Omitsu

Ryūzō Shimada

Jingorô

Reiko Fujiwara

Ohisa

Matasaburô Niwa

Yamada

Yoshio Yoshida

Boss Tomegoro of Kagotame

Sonosuke Sawamura

Boss Tobei of Shimozuma

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Boss Hikozo of Doyama

Yutaka Nakamura

Matsu

Gen Kimura

Yakuza enforcer

Teruko Ōmi

Palaquin receptionist

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Part of the Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

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.