Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Director:
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Writer:
Shozaburo Asai
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Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi |
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Miwa Takada as Saki |
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Eiko Taki as Osen |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Boss Jinbei |
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Daimaru Nakata as Zany Entertainer |
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Mikijiro Hira as Gounosuke |
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Gen Kimura as Yakuza dice thrower |
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Akitake Kōno as Intendant Gorota Kajima |
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Kōichi Mizuhara as Kamazo |
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Ikuko Mōri as Hanokama |
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Racket Nakata as Zany Entertainer |
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Teruko Ōmi as Daruma maker's wife |
| Directing | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Director |
| Camera | Shozo Honda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hiroshi Yamada | Editor |
| Sound | Taichiro Kosugi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Shigeru Katō | Art Direction |
| Writing | Shozaburo Asai | Screenplay |
| Production | Shozaburo Asai | Producer |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |