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Film · 1968
Samaritan Zatoichi
1h 24mDirected by Kenji Misumi
- Adventure
- Action
- Drama
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
Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
Yoshiko MitaOsode
Makoto SatōYasaburo Kashiwazaki
Kō NishimuraSosuke Saruya
Takuya FujiokaShinkichi
Chōchō MiyakoOhaya- Akira ShimizuKumakichi
Ryoichi TamagawaChohachi
Machiko SogaOsen
Ryūtarō GomiSashichi- Osamu ŌkawaTokuji
Rokkō TouraChoji
Details
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Writer
- Kiyokata Saruwaka, Hisashi Sugiura, Tetsurō Yoshida
- Music
- Sei Ikeno
- Cinematography
- Fujio Morita
- Editor
- Toshio Taniguchi
- Producer
- Hisakazu Tsuji
- Release
- December 28, 1968
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Daiei Film
- TMDB score
- 6.8 / 10 from 44 votes
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