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Zatoichi's Conspiracy

新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り

Topics:#corruption #sequel #swordsman #zatoichi #conspiracy #blind

Synopsis

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.

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Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Yukiyo Toake

Omiyo

Takashi Shimura

Sakubei

Eiji Okada

Shinbei

Kei Satō

Magistrate

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Shobei

Rie Yokoyama

Yuri

Tatsuo Endō

Boss Iwagoro

Shiro Kishibe

Ruffian

Goro Kumon

Naoyuki Asahina

Tamotsu Fujiharu

Takaji Fukui

Gen Takamori

Yūji Hamada

Kuniko Ishii

Virgin Farmgirl

Hiroshi Kanda

Masayoshi Kikuno

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Screenplay & Story: Kei Hattori
Original Score: Akira Ifukube
Original Title: 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 28m
Production Studios: TOHO, Katsu Production

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Screenplay & Story

Kei Hattori, Kan Shimozawa

Original Score & Music

Akira Ifukube

Director of Photography

Chikashi Makiura

Film Editing

Yoshiharu Hayashi

Producers

Shintarō Katsu, Hiroyoshi Nishioka

Department Leadership Roster

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Director

Kei Hattori

Screenplay

Shintarō Katsu

Producer

Hiroyoshi Nishioka

Producer

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Chikashi Makiura

Director of Photography

Yoshiharu Hayashi

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