Zatoichi
2003
His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
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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.
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- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Written by
- Kan Shimozawa, Takeshi Kitano
- Produced by
- Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Tsunehisa Saitô
- Composer
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Cinematographer
- Katsumi Yanagijima
- Editors
- Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota
- Studios
- Shochiku, Bandai Visual, Office Kitano
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- Japanese
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Blind Swordman: Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (991 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 75/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (53,557 votes)
Awards
- WonSitges Film Festival— Best Film(2003)
Cast
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
Suji
Dancing Farmer
Makoto Ashikawa
Carpenter
Tsumami Edamame
Carpenter
Kôsuke Ôta
Carpenter
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Carpenter
Naomasa Musaka
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