The Tale of Zatoichi

The Tale of ZatoichiCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

S
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatôichi
M
Masayo Banri
as Otane
R
Ryûzô Shimada
as Shigezô
H
Hajime Mitamura
as Hanji
S
Shigeru Amachi
as Miki Hirate
M
Michirō Minami
as Tatekichi
E
Eijirō Yanagi
as Sukegorô
T
Toshio Chiba
as Masakichi
M
Manabu Morita
as Seisuke
Y
Yoshito Yamaji
as Yahei
Y
Yoichi Funaki
as Yogoro
E
Eigorō Onoe
as Rihei
I
Ikuko Mōri
as Oyutaka
C
Chitose Maki
as Yoshi
J
Jun Fujikawa
as Iioka yakuza member
Y
Yukio Horikita
as Kanaji
Y
Yūji Hamada
as Iioka yakuza member
B
Bonta Maru
G
Gen Kimura
as Sasagawa gambler spy
R
Ryuji Fukui
as Daihachi
H
Hajime Koshikawa
as A farmer
H
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
as Iioka yakuza member
K
Kanae Kobayashi
as Kane the innkeeper

Crew

M
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
I
Ikuo Kubodera
Executive Producer
K
Kenji Misumi
Director
A
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
A
Akira Naitô
Production Design
M
Mitsuru Tanabe
Production Manager
K
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
C
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
T
Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director
I
Iwao Ôtani
Sound Recordist
K
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story

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.