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Zatoichi the Fugitive

Original title: 座頭市兇状旅

1963 · 1h 26m

Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

6.9

TMDB audience score
62 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

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Cast

  • Shintarō Katsu
    Zatoichi

  • Miwa Takada
    Onobu

  • Masayo Banri
    Otane

  • Katsuhiko Kobayashi

  • Jun'ichirō Narita
    Sakichi

  • Tōru Abe
    Boss Yagiri Tokyuro

  • San'emon Arashi

  • Yūji Hamada

  • Sumao Ishihara

  • Jun Katsumura
    Wrestling yakuza

  • Kōichi Mizuhara
    Boss Unosuke

  • Yasuhiro Mizukami
    Boss Tamamura

  • Sachiko Murase
    Maki

  • Hiroshi Nawa

  • Tokio Oki

  • Mitsusaburō Ramon

  • Ikkei Tamaki

  • Yōko Wakasugi