Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Released
- 1968
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1968
Storyline
Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.
Top credits
ShintarĂ´ Katsu â ZatĂ´ichi
Yoshiko Mita â Osode
Makoto SatĂ´ â Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
KĹ Nishimura â SĂ´suke Saruya
Did you know
⢠In this film Zatoichi has his longest battle with a single opponent to date; Yasaburo Kashiwazaki (portrayed by Makoto Sato), lasting 2 minutes 14 seconds. Most other times he dispatches attacking opponents within seconds.
⢠This is the first film to show Zatoichi riding a horse.
⢠This is the first Zatoichi film which shows him using weighted dice in order to win at dice, though it is not the first film in which we see him using deceptions to win.
User reviews
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color, Color, Color
