Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
Zatôichi
116 min
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
- Release date
- February 4, 1989
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatôichi
- Kanako Higuchi as Boss Han Bosatsu
- Takanori Jinnai as Inspector Hanshu
- Yūya Uchida as Boss Akabei
- Toyomi Kusano as Ume
- Tsurutarô Kataoka as Tsuru
- Miho Nakayama
- Ken Ogata as Ronin
- Norihei Miki as Zatôichi's Friend
- Joe Yamanaka as Kuruma Sukezaemon
- Rikiya Yasuoka
- Gō Awazu
- Daisuke Ban
- Takashi Ebata
- Shinzô Hotta
- Eugene Harada
- Hiroshi Hasegawa
- Saburô Kadowaki
- Kentarô Kaji
- Ryōichi Kusanagi
- Keizō Kanie
- Shigeo Katô
- Ryûtarô Gan as Boss Goemon
Crew
- Shintarō Katsu · Director
- Tatsumi Ichiyama · Writer
- Shintarō Katsu · Writer
- Tsutomu Nakamura · Writer
- Kyôhei Nakaoka · Writer
- Shintarō Katsu · Producer
- Masanori Sanada · Producer
- Kiyoshi Tsukamoto · Producer
- Edison · Composer
- Mutsuo Naganuma · Cinematographer
- Toshio Taniguchi · Editor
- Chiyo'o Umeda · Production designer