Samaritan Zatoichi

Samaritan Zatoichi

84 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Dec. 28, 1968

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Samaritan Zatoichi

84 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Dec. 28, 1968

Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 座頭市喧嘩太鼓
Directors Mitsuaki Tsuji, Kenji Misumi
Writers Hisashi Sugiura, Kiyokata Saruwaka, Tetsuro Yoshida, Kan Shimozawa

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

as Zatoichi

Yoshiko Mita

as Osode

Makoto Satō

as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki

Kō Nishimura

as Sosuke Saruya

Takuya Fujioka

as Shinkichi

Chôchô Miyako

as Ohaya

Akira Shimizu

as Kumakichi

Ryoichi Tamagawa

as Chohachi

Machiko Soga

as Osen

Ryûtarô Gomi

as Sashichi

Osamu Ôkawa

as Tokuji

Rokkō Toura

as Choji

Ikkei Tamaki

as Aburaya no Banto

Yukio Horikita

as Isokichi

Takeshi Date

as Kinzo

Yasuhiro Minakami

as Unokichi

Moto Kimura

as Daisaku Igawa

Shôsaku Sugiyama

as Kinsuke

Kazuo Yamamoto

as Dice Player

Akira Moroguchi

as Shota

Takeshi Hamada

as Hyoma Muraki

Jun Katsumura

as Rokusuke

Takeshi Yabuuchi

as Jakujiro

Teruko Omi

as Okatsu

Saburo Date

as Yakuza