Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
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Plot.
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
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Cast & Crew.

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi

Yoshiko Mita
Osode

Makoto Satō
Yasaburo Kashiwazaki

Kō Nishimura
Sosuke Saruya

Takuya Fujioka
Shinkichi

Chōchō Miyako
Ohaya

Akira Shimizu
Kumakichi

Ryoichi Tamagawa
Chohachi

Machiko Soga
Osen

Ryūtarō Gomi
Sashichi

Osamu Ōkawa
Tokuji

Rokkō Toura
Choji

Ikkei Tamaki
Aburaya no Banto

Yukio Horikita
Isokichi

Takeshi Date
Kinzo

Yasuhiro Minakami
Unokichi

Moto Kimura
Daisaku Igawa

Shōsaku Sugiyama
Kinsuke

Kazuo Yamamoto
Dice Player

Akira Moroguchi
Shota

Takeshi Hamada
Hyoma Muraki

Jun Katsumura
Rokusuke

Takeshi Yabuuchi
Jakujiro

Teruko Omi
Okatsu

Saburo Date
Yakuza

Kenji Misumi
Director

Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer

Fujio Morita
Director of Photography

Toshio Taniguchi
Editor

Hisakazu Tsuji
Producer

Kan Shimozawa
Original Story

Akira Naitō
Art Direction

Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer

Yukio Kaihara
Sound Recordist

Shunji Kurokawa
Lighting Technician

Hisashi Sugiura
Screenplay

Mitsuaki Tsuji
Assistant Director

Kiyokata Saruwaka
Screenplay

Tetsurō Yoshida
Screenplay
Media.



















Details.
Release DateDecember 28, 1968
Original Name座頭市喧嘩太鼓
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
yakuza
sword
sequel
zatoichi
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