Zatoichi (2003)
Zatôichi
His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.
116 min
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
- Release date
- September 2, 2003
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Box office
- $34,196,922
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- A Road to a Post-Town · 鈴木慶一4:36
- Firewood-Chopping and a Farmer Who Wants to Be a Samurai · 鈴木慶一2:09
- Ginzo’s First Command · 鈴木慶一2:10
- The Naruto-Ya Rice Merchant Massacre · 鈴木慶一5:10
- The Gambling House Massacre · 鈴木慶一3:15
- The Wasteland Massacre and the Reminiscence of Geisha · 鈴木慶一12:25
- A House on Fire and Massacres All Over · 鈴木慶一10:44
- Constructors · 鈴木慶一2:15
- O-Kagura · 鈴木慶一1:30
- Zatoichi Showdown · 鈴木慶一2:17
- Festivo · 鈴木慶一3:45
- A Road to a Post-Town (alternate mix) · 鈴木慶一4:31
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Zatôichi
- Tadanobu Asano as Hattori Genosuke
- Michiyo Yasuda as Aunt Oume
- Yui Natsukawa as O-Shino, Hattori's Wife
- Taka Guadalcanal as Shinkichi
- Daigorô Tachibana as Geisha Seitaro 'Osei' Naruto
- Yûko Daike as Geisha Okinu Naruto
- Ittoku Kishibe as Boss Inosuke Ginzo
- Saburô Ishikura as Boss Tashichi Ogi
- Akira Emoto as Tavern Owner Pops
- Makoto Ashikawa as Carpenter
- Tsumami Edamame as Carpenter
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Carpenter
- Naomasa Musaka as Yakuza Boss on the Country Road
- Ben Hiura as Tavern Gramps
- Shôken Kunimoto as Rival Swordsman
- Daigaku Sekine as Ginzo's Henchman I
- Koji Koike as Boss Funahachi
- Kôji Kiryû as Dice Dealer at Funahachi's Joint
- Taigi Kobayashi as Funahachi's Bodyguard
- Taichi Saotome as Young Osei
- Kanji Tsuda as Playboy at Home
- Yôji Tanaka as Funahachi Family Henchmen
- Ryôhei Kunieda as Narutoya Master
- Takeshi Kitano as Ichi
Crew
- Takeshi Kitano · Director
- Takeshi Kitano · Writer
- Kan Shimozawa · Writer
- Jack Maeby · Producer
- Keiichi Suzuki · Composer
- Katsumi Yanagijima · Cinematographer
- Takeshi Kitano · Editor
- Yoshinori Ohta · Editor
- Takefumi Yoshikawa · Casting director
- Norihiro Isoda · Production designer