The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Kenji Misumi.

Cast

• Shintarō Katsu as Zatôichi
• Masayo Banri as Otane
• Ryūzō Shimada as Shigezô
• Hajime Mitamura as Hanji
• Shigeru Amachi as Miki Hirate
• Michirō Minami as Tatekichi
• Eijirō Yanagi as Sukegorô
• Toshio Chiba as Masakichi
• Manabu Morita as Seisuke
• Yoshito Yamaji as Yahei
• Yoichi Funaki as Yogoro
• Eigorō Onoe as Rihei
• Ikuko Mōri as Oyutaka
• Chitose Maki as Yoshi
• Kinya Ichikawa as Mokichi
• Jun Fujikawa as Iioka yakuza member
• Yukio Horikita as Kanaji
• Yūji Hamada as Iioka yakuza member
• Bonta Maru
• Gen Kimura as Sasagawa gambler spy
• Ryuji Fukui as Daihachi
• Hajime Koshikawa as A farmer
• Hiroyoshi Nishioka as Iioka yakuza member
• Kanae Kobayashi as Kane the innkeeper

Crew

• Minoru Inuzuka — Screenplay
• Kenji Misumi — Director
• Akira Ifukube — Original Music Composer
• Chikashi Makiura — Director of Photography

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