Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
February 4, 1989Release Date
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
February 4, 1989Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Kanako Higuchi
Boss Han Bosatsu
Takanori Jinnai
Inspector Hanshu
Ryuutarô Gan
Boss Goemon
Takanori Jinnai
Inspector Hanshu
Yuya Uchida
Boss Akabei
Ryûtarô Gan
Boss Goemon
Toyomi Kusano
Ume
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Tsuru
Miho Nakayama
Ken Ogata
Norihei Miki
Gō Awazu
Tatsumi Ichiyama
Screenplay
Tsutomu Nakamura
Screenplay
Kyōhei Nakaoka
Adaptation
Kan Shimozawa
Story
Masanori Sanada
Producer
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Toshio Taniguchi
Editor
Chiyoo Umeda
Production Design
Takayuki Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Mayumi Fujii
Akira Kubo
Kozo Matsumoto
Ken'ichi Matsuno
Ryôji Okamoto
Sachio Sakai
Kaoru Shinoda
Hiroshi Sugita
Yuka Suzuki
Fumihiko Tachiki
Yûsuke Koike
Shōji Ōki
Takashi Odajima
Takuzō Kawatani
Shingo Uchiide
Hiroyuki Yamada
Yuuki Natsusaka
Shû Minagawa
Eugene Harada
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Tsuneyuki Hasegawa
Keiko Hirade
Makoto Satō
Mihoko Shibata
Tomoyuki Shimura
Yukie Shimura
Motoharu Tamura
Senkichi Ōmura
Takashi Ebata
Asao Matsumoto
Ryoichi Kusanagi
Daisuke Ban
Koji Miemachi
Kakuya Saeki
Hachiro Okamoto
Shigeo Katô
Masao Ishiguro
Taisuke Imai
Kenichiro Ito
Saburô Kadowaki
Kentarô Kaji
Kenzo Kaneko
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 4, 1989
Original Name座頭市
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Zatôichi (座頭市), also known as Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi, is a 1989 Japanese Chambara film directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, who also produced and co-wrote the screenplay. It is the twenty-sixth entry in a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi, released 16 years after the twenty-fifth film in the series Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973). The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period.
Zatoichi is the last film in the original classic saga of Zatoichi (1962–1989). It is also the second time Shintaro Katsu directed a Zatoichi film, and the last time Katsu played the title character on screen.