Zatōichi Monogatari
Kenji Misumi
Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Gen Mitamura, Shigeru Amachi, Ryūji Yanagihara, Toshiro Chiba, Eigorō Onoue, Jun Fujikawa, Yukio Horikita, Hajime Kimura, Takashi Fukui, Kazuyuki Koshikawa, Masayo Kikuno
1962
Japan
Completed
Japanese
96 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as座頭市物語，is aJapanProducerwomen sex，At1962Released in year
。The dialogue language isJapanese，Current Douban rating8.0(For reference only)。
The blind masseur ICHI has an ordinary appearance but is a highly skilled swordsman. Although he has various bad habits, he fundamentally possesses a kind-hearted, upright character and a deep hatred for evil. One day, while traveling across the country, he arrives at Sawara, Chūgoku, and stays with a gang member, Suke Goro (played by Ryūji Yanagihara), with whom he has had a brief acquaintance. At this time, Suke Goro is in conflict with a gang led by Shigezō Sasagawa (played by Ryūzō Shimada), and tensions are high. Sasagawa has taken in a down-and-out samurai named Hirata Masakazu (played by Shigeru Amachi), who befriends ICHI despite being from opposing factions. However, they are forced to confront a brutal situation of swords drawn against each other... This film is adapted from the short story of the same name in Hiroshi Komatsu's essay collection "Futokoro Techo," and is the first installment of the "Zatōichi series."