Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue
95 min
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
- Release date
- September 2, 1972
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Kunihiko Murai
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Soundtrack
- Main Title1:08
- Farming Song1:07
- Asagorou0:56
- Theme Song to "Zatoichi"0:57
- Daiei Mark / Main Title3:16
- Main Titleinstrumental0:13
- Title Backinstrumental1:11
- The Dark Shoguninstrumental1:11
- Great Sword Battle on the Oil Shipinstrumental2:13
- Zatoichi Falls into a Trapinstrumental1:17
- Zatoichi and The Dark Shoguninstrumental1:50
- Conclusion - Ichi and The Nameless Ronininstrumental1:09
Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatôichi
- Kiwako Taichi as Nishikigi
- Katsuo Nakamura as Ushimatsu
- Asao Koike as Boss Mangorô Kagiya
- Kyoko Yoshizawa as Kaede
- Yasuhiro Koume as Shinkichi
- Jôji Takagi as Tokiwa Kamijo
- Masumi Harukawa as Ohama
- Naoe Fushimi as Old Woman
- Yoshihiko Aoyama as Tokujirô Awa
- Hideji Ōtaki as Sukegoro Iioka
- Teruo Matsuyama as Ihachi
- Kazuko Tajima as Hanasato
- Jun Katsumura
- Takuya Kitano
- Tokio Oki
- Takaji Fukui
- Tamotsu Fujiharu
- Yûtarô Ban
Crew
- Shintarō Katsu · Director
- Minoru Inuzuka · Writer
- Kan Shimozawa · Writer
- Shintarō Katsu · Producer
- Yoshinobu Nishioka · Producer
- Kunihiko Murai · Composer
- Fujio Morita · Cinematographer
- Toshio Taniguchi · Editor