Adventures of Zatoichi
Dec 30 1964
•1h 26m
•Adventure, Action, Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
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Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Miwa Takada
Saki
Eiko Taki
Osen
Kichijirō Ueda
Boss Jinbei
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