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Zatoichi's Revenge
Film / 1965

Zatoichi's Revenge

Directed by Akira Inoue
AdventureActionDrama

★ 6.6/10Audience rating

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, …

The story

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.

Cast

Shintarō KatsuZatoichi Norihei MikiDenroku the Weasel Mikiko TsubouchiOsayo Takeshi KatōKoheita Kadokura Fujio HarumotoIntendant Isoda San'emon ArashiHikonoichi Saburo Date Jun KatsumuraTatsugoro yakuza Gen KimuraInspector Jingo Odate Sachiko KobayashiTsuru Sonosuke SawamuraBoss Tatsugoro Yūsaku TerashimaYasaku
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Kōji FujiyamaRonin Mayumi Kurata Sanpei Taira Yukio Horikita Taizô Sengoku Kazuo Mortuchi Kayo Mikimoto

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