Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.

• Released: 1964-12-30
• Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 26m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 52 votes

Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.

Top cast

• Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
• Miwa Takada as Saki
• Eiko Taki as Osen
• Kichijirō Ueda as Boss Jinbei
• Daimaru Nakata as Zany Entertainer
• Mikijiro Hira as Gounosuke
• Gen Kimura as Yakuza dice thrower
• Akitake Kōno as Intendant Gorota Kajima
• Kōichi Mizuhara as Kamazo
• Ikuko Mōri as Hanokama

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Adventures of Zatoichi

• United States: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

Movies like Adventures of Zatoichi

If you enjoyed Adventures of Zatoichi, these movies have a similar feel:

• Zatoichi at Large (1972)
• Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
• The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
• Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
• Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
• Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
• Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
• Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
• Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
• Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
• New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
• Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)

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