Samaritan Zatoichi
1968 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.8 · 74% critics
After a debt collection turns tragic, a wandering swordsman is drawn into protecting a vulnerable young woman from a corrupt gang. The story follows guilt, mistrust, and danger as uneasy protection becomes the only path forward.
Also known as Zatôichi 19 Samaritan Zatôichi
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Details
- Original title
- 座頭市喧嘩太鼓
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-12-28
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (42 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy morally tangled wandering-swordsman stories like Ichi, with drama, action, and humor; Not for you if you want a straightforward heroic adventure.
Pros: darker moral stakes; emotional central bond; drama action humor | Cons: plodding middle stretch; crowded side players; less memorable fights
Themes
- sword
- yakuza
- sequel
- zatoichi
Cast & crew
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi
Yoshiko Mita
as Osode
Makoto Satō
as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
Kō Nishimura
as Sosuke Saruya
Takuya Fujioka
as Shinkichi
Chōchō Miyako
as Ohaya
- AS
Akira Shimizu
as Kumakichi
Ryoichi Tamagawa
as Chohachi
Machiko Soga
as Osen
Ryūtarō Gomi
as Sashichi
Directed by Kenji Misumi