Zatoichi the Fugitive

Zatoichi the FugitiveCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

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Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi
M
Miwa Takada
as Onobu
M
Masayo Banri
as Otane
K
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
J
Jun'ichirō Narita
as Sakichi
T
Tōru Abe
as Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
S
San'emon Arashi
Y
Yūji Hamada
S
Sumao Ishihara
J
Jun Katsumura
as Wrestling yakuza
K
Kōichi Mizuhara
as Boss Unosuke
Y
Yasuhiro Mizukami
as Boss Tamamura
S
Sachiko Murase
as Maki
H
Hiroshi Nawa
T
Tokio Oki
M
Mitsusaburō Ramon
I
Ikkei Tamaki
Y
Yōko Wakasugi
T
Teruko Omi
as Innkeeper maid
J
Jutarō Hojo
as Tanakura

Crew

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Tokuzō Tanaka
Director
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Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer
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Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
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Hiroshi Yamada
Editor
A
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
S
Seiji Hoshikawa
Screenplay
I
Ikuo Kubodera
Producer
K
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
S
Seiichi Ôta
Art Direction

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.