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New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) — Ligoscope

New Tale of Zatoichi

Film · 1963

New Tale of Zatoichi

91 min · Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

Action Drama Adventure

7.076
ratings

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Mikiko Tsubouchi

Mikiko Tsubouchi

Yayoi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Banno

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Yasuhiko

Mieko Kondō

Mieko Kondō

Inn keeper's wife

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Inn keeper

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Yakuza member with mark on his face

Chitose Maki

Chitose Maki

Tame's wife

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Old lady going deaf

Yutaka Nakamura

Yutaka Nakamura

Yasuhiko's brother

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Tengu Ronin that gets a massage

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Anzo

Ichirō Takakura

Ichirō Takakura

Kingo Kanda

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Jinpachiro Kanda

Toyoko Takechi

Oshige

Crew

Director: Tokuzō Tanaka
Producer: Ikuo Kubodera
Writer: Minoru Inuzuka, Kikuo Umebayashi
Editor: Hiroshi Yamada
Cinematography: Chikashi Makiura
Art Direction: Seiichi Ōta
Composer: Akira Ifukube

Details

Studios: Daiei Film
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: March 15, 1963

Themes

japansamuraisequelmurderzatoichiperiod dramajidaigeki

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