6.8 / 10(44 votes)IMDb19681h 24mJapan

Samaritan Zatoichi

座頭市喧嘩太鼓

Synopsis

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.

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Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Yoshiko Mita

Osode

Makoto Satō

Yasaburo Kashiwazaki

Kō Nishimura

Sosuke Saruya

Takuya Fujioka

Shinkichi

Chōchō Miyako

Ohaya

Akira Shimizu

Kumakichi

Ryoichi Tamagawa

Chohachi

Machiko Soga

Osen

Ryūtarō Gomi

Sashichi

Osamu Ōkawa

Tokuji

Rokkō Toura

Choji

Ikkei Tamaki

Aburaya no Banto

Yukio Horikita

Isokichi

Takeshi Date

Kinzo

Yasuhiro Minakami

Unokichi

Moto Kimura

Daisaku Igawa

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Kinsuke

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Kenji Misumi
Screenplay & Story: Kiyokata Saruwaka, Tetsurō Yoshida, Hisashi Sugiura
Original Score: Sei Ikeno
Original Title: 座頭市喧嘩太鼓
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 24m
Production Studios: Daiei Film

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Kenji Misumi

Screenplay & Story

Kiyokata Saruwaka, Tetsurō Yoshida, Hisashi Sugiura, Kan Shimozawa

Original Score & Music

Sei Ikeno

Director of Photography

Fujio Morita

Film Editing

Toshio Taniguchi

Producers

Hisakazu Tsuji, Masaichi Nagata

Department Leadership Roster

Kenji Misumi

Director

Toshio Taniguchi

Editor

Sei Ikeno

Original Music Composer

Fujio Morita

Director of Photography

Hisakazu Tsuji

Producer

Kiyokata Saruwaka

Screenplay

Tetsurō Yoshida

Screenplay

Hisashi Sugiura

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