Cast
Crew
K
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
K
Kei Hattori
Screenplay
M
Masao Kobayashi
Assistant Director
C
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
M
Masao Ōsumi
Sound
Y
Yoshiharu Hayashi
Editor
S
Seiichi Ōta
Art Direction
K
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
