Zatoichi

Synopsis

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

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Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Zatoichi / Ichi

Tadanobu Asano

Hattori Genosuke

Michiyo Yasuda

Tante Oume

Yui Natsukawa

Oshino

Guadalcanal Taka

Shinkichi

Daigorô Tachibana

Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto

Yuko Daike

Geisha Okinu Naruto

Ittoku Kishibe

Boss Inosuke Ginzo

Saburo Ishikura

Ogi

Akira Emoto

Pub Owner

HideboH

Dancing Farmer

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Ron II

Dancing Farmer

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Suji

Dancing Farmer

Makoto Ashikawa

Carpenter

Tsumami Edamame

Carpenter

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Kôsuke Ôta

Carpenter

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Carpenter

Naomasa Musaka

Yakuza Boss on the Country Road

Ben Hiura

Tavern Gramps

Shoken Kunimoto

Rival Swordsman

Crew

Art

• Norihiro Isoda Production Design
• Tatsuo Ozeki Set Decoration

Camera

• Katsumi Yanagijima Director of Photography
• 渡邉俊夫 Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Kazuko Kurosawa Costume Design
• Yohji Yamamoto Costume Supervisor

Directing

• Takeshi Kitano Director
• Takashi Matsukawa Assistant Director
• 荘原はる Script Supervisor

Editing

• Takeshi Kitano Editor
• Yoshinori Ota Editor

Lighting

• Hitoshi Takaya Gaffer
• Hitoshi Takaya Lighting Director

Production

• Tsunehisa Saitô Producer
• Takefumi Yoshikawa Casting
• Masayuki Mori Producer
• Takio Yoshida Producer

Sound

• Keiichi Suzuki Original Music Composer
• Senji Horiuchi Sound Recordist
• Kenji Shibasaki Sound Effects

Writing

• Takeshi Kitano Screenplay
• Kan Shimozawa Novel

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