Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Zatôichi kenka-daiko
84 min
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.
- Release date
- December 28, 1968
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatôichi
- Yoshiko Mita as Osode
- Makoto Satô as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
- Kō Nishimura as Sôsuke Saruya
- Takuya Fujioka as Shinkichi
- Chôchô Miyako as Ohaya
- Akira Shimizu as Kumakichi
- Ryōichi Tamagawa as Chohachi
- Machiko Soga as Osen
- Ryûtarô Gomi as Sashichi
- Osamu Ôkawa as Tokuji
- Rokkô Toura as Choji
- Ikkei Tamaki as Aburaya no Banto
- Yukio Horikita as Isokichi
- Shôsaku Sugiyama as Kinsuke
- Kazuo Yamamoto as Dice Player
- Takeshi Hamada as Hyoma Muraki
- Jun Katsumura as Rokusuke
- Teruko Ômi as Okatsu
- Saburô Date as Yakuza
Crew
- Kenji Misumi · Director
- Kiyokata Saruwaka · Writer
- Kan Shimozawa · Writer
- Hisashi Sugiura · Writer
- Tetsurô Yoshida · Writer
- Hisakazu Tsuji · Producer
- Sei Ikeno · Composer
- Fujio Morita · Cinematographer
- Toshio Taniguchi · Editor