Zatoichi and the Doomed Man(1965)

Name: Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Director: Kazuo Mori
Released: 1965-09-18
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Taki, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Yukio Horikita

09/18/1965 (US)Adventure, Action, Drama1h 17m

6.8

Overview

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.

Kazuo Mori

Director

Shozaburo Asai

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Kanbi Fujiyama

Monk Hyakutaro

Eiko Taki

Oyone

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Boss Jubei Araiso

Yukio Horikita

Hajime Koshikawa

Sachiko Murase

Shimazo’s wife

Tokio Oki

Masako Akeboshi

Ochiyo

Ryūzō Shimada

Yakuza boss

Kōichi Mizuhara

Shimazo Kitase

Jun Katsumura

Kayo Mikimoto

Manabu Morita

Gen Harada

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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.