Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Acting
Katsu's trembling restraint before the blade sings
Direction
Tanaka's patient build to inevitable tragedy
Sound
Every footstep, dice roll, and heartbeat matters
Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Yayoi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Banno
Fujio Suga
Yasuhiko
Mieko Kondō
Inn keeper's wife
Tatsuo Endō
Inn keeper
Gen Kimura
Yakuza member with mark on his face
Chitose Maki
Tame's wife
Kanae Kobayashi
Old lady going deaf
Yutaka Nakamura
Yasuhiko's brother
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Tengu Ronin that gets a massage
Saburo Date
Anzo
Ichirō Takakura
Kingo Kanda
Shōzō Nanbu
Jinpachiro Kanda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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7.01962
1963
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6.31989
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