
“His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.”
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Release Date: 9/6/2003
Runtime: 116 minutes
Languages: Japanese
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Budget: $2.5M
Revenue: $34.2M
Companies: Office Kitano, Saito Entertainment, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual, Celluloid Dreams, dentsu, Shochiku
Countries: Japan, France

Takeshi Kitano
Zatoichi / Ichi

Tadanobu Asano
Hattori Genosuke

Michiyo Yasuda
Tante Oume

Yui Natsukawa
Oshino

Guadalcanal Taka
Shinkichi

Daigorô Tachibana
Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto

Yuko Daike
Geisha Okinu Naruto

Ittoku Kishibe
Boss Inosuke Ginzo

Saburo Ishikura
Ogi

Akira Emoto
Pub Owner
Hideboh
Dancing Farmer
Ron II
Dancing Farmer
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