Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
- Released: 1966-05-03
- Genres: Action, Drama, Adventure
- Runtime: 1h 23m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 44 votes
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
Top cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
- Shigeru Amachi as Genpachiro Kurobe
- Jun Hamamura as Blind Biwa Priest
- Gen Kimura as Tamekichi
- Kanae Kobayashi as Tamekichi's mother
- Kōichi Mizuhara as Joshuya
- Mayumi Ogawa as Ocho / Oshino
- Kei Satō as Boss Gonzo
- Michi Azuma as Oharu
- Saburo Date as Hanji
Where to watch Zatoichi's Vengeance
- 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
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- Zatoichi at Large (1972)
- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
- The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
- New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
- Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
- Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
- Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
- Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
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