No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.Read moreLess
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
The story
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
Cast & crew
Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
Yoshiko MitaOsode
Makoto SatōYasaburo Kashiwazaki
Kō NishimuraSosuke Saruya
Takuya FujiokaShinkichi
Chōchō MiyakoOhaya
Ryoichi TamagawaChohachi
Machiko SogaOsen
Ryūtarō GomiSashichi
Rokkō TouraChojiExplore the crew
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Editor
- Toshio Taniguchi
- Original Music Composer
- Sei Ikeno
- Director of Photography
- Fujio Morita
- Producer
- Hisakazu Tsuji
- Screenplay
- Kiyokata Saruwaka
- Screenplay
- Tetsurō Yoshida
- Screenplay
- Hisashi Sugiura