Adventures of Zatoichi

Adventures of Zatoichi

6.7

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.

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Miwa Takada

Miwa Takada

Saki

Eiko Taki

Eiko Taki

Osen

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Boss Jinbei

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