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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
Kanbi FujiyamaMonk Hyakutaro
Eiko TakiOyone
Kenjirō IshiyamaBoss Jubei Araiso
Yukio HorikitaCast
Sachiko MuraseShimazo’s wife
Ryūzō ShimadaYakuza boss
Kōichi MizuharaShimazo Kitase
Jun KatsumuraCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kazuo Mori
- Director of Photography
- Hiroshi Imai
- Editor
- Toshio Taniguchi
- Producer
- Sadao Zaizen
- Screenplay
- Shozaburo Asai
- Original Music Composer
- Seitaro Omori