Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi promises to deliver a maiden safely home but finds two dangerous gangs have a mysterious interest in the young girl.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Released
- 1963
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1963
Storyline
Zatoichi promises to deliver a maiden safely home but finds two dangerous gangs have a mysterious interest in the young girl.
Top credits
ShintarĂ´ Katsu â ZatĂ´ichi
Shiho Fujimura â Mitsu
RyĂťzĂ´ Shimada â JingorĂ´
Reiko Fujiwara â Hisa
Did you know
⢠Zatoichi's katana is a shikomizue. This is a sword which is concealed within a wooden cane, thus the cane itself is both handle and scabbard.
⢠This is the fifth of 26 films to star Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
⢠While Zatoichi is repeatedly referred to as a masseur in the English subtitles, the Japanese term Anma would be more correct. Anma was both the term used for the practice and the generally nomadic practitioner of Japanese massage. In fact, edicts were passed so that massage was solely a vocation for the blind, forbidden to be learned by any with sight.
User reviews
Ichi in control
Darkness is the ally of the blind swordman
A Perfectly Entertaining Chapter, if Not a Very Consequential One
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
