Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
- Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Shintaro Katsu Zatoichi
The episodes in this series are:
The Tale of Zatoichi
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Masayo Banri Otani Ryuzo Shimada Shigezo of the Sasagawa Yakuza Gen Mitamura Hanji of Matsugishi
Release Date: 1962
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Yoshie Mizutani Osetsu Masayo Banri Otane Tomisaburō Wakayama Nagisa no Yoshirō
Release Date: 1962
Directed by Kazuo Mori.
New Tale of Zatoichi
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Mikiko Tsubouchi Yayoi Seizaburō Kawazu Banno Fujio Suga Yasuhiko
Release Date: 1963
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Miwa Takada ONobu Masayo Banri Otane Junichiro Narita Sakichi
Release Date: 1963
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
Zatoichi on the Road
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Shiho Fujimura Mitsu Ryuzo Shimada Jingoro Reiko Fujiwara Hisa
Release Date: 1963
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Shogo Shimada Chuji Kunisada Machiko Hasegawa Ogin Tomisaburo Wakayama Jushiro
Release Date: 1964
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Naoko Kubo Okuni Mayumi Nagisa Oshizu Takashi Edajima Seiroku
Release Date: 1964
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Nobuo Kaneko Boss Unosuke Gen Kimura Hyaku Chikara Hashimoto Inozo
Release Date: 1964
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Adventures of Zatoichi
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Eiko Taki Osen Miwa Takada Saki Mikijiro Hira Gounosuke
Release Date: 1964
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
Zatoichi's Revenge
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Norihei Miki Denroku Mikiko Tsubouchi Osayo Takeshi Kato Koheita Kadokura
Release Date: 1965
Directed by Akira Inoue.
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Fujiyama Hyakutaro Kanbi Kenjiro Ishiyama Boss Jubei Araiso Masako Akeboshi Ochiyo
Release Date: 1965
Directed by Kazuo Mori.
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Mikio Narita Jumonji Chizuru Hayashi Kume Kaneko Iwasaki Otane
Release Date: 1965
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Shigeru Amachi Kurobe Jun Hamamura Blind Priest Gen Kimura Tamekichi
Release Date: 1966
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Michiyo Okusu Okichi Isao Yamagata Boss Tohachi Hisashi Igawa Eigoro
Release Date: 1966
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Shiho Fujimura Oshizu Eijirō Tōno Senzo Yoshihiko Aoyama Seikichi
Release Date: 1967
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Rentarō Mikuni Boss Asagoro Kō Nishimura Suga Yuko Hamada Oshino
Release Date: 1967
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
Zatoichi Challenged
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jushiro Konoe Akazuka Miwa Takada Omitsu Yukiji Asaoka Tomoe
Release Date: 1967
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Takashi Shimura Junan Kayao Mikimoto Oshizu Kyosuke Machida Ogano Genpachiro
Release Date: 1968
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
Samaritan Zatoichi
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Yoshiko Mita Osode Makoto Satô Yasaburo Kashiwazaki Kô Nishimura Sosuke Saruya
Release Date: 1968
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Toshirô Mifune 'Yojimbo' Daisaku Sasa Ayako Wakao Umeno Osamu Takizawa Yasuke Eboshiya
Release Date: 1970
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Reiko Ōhara Okiyo Masayuki Mori Dark Lord Yamikubo/Lord Yamikubo Tatsuya Nakadai Ronin
Release Date: 1970
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jimmy Wang Yu Wang Kang Yūko Hama Osen Michie Terada Oyone
Release Date: 1971
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda & Hsu Tseng Hung.
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Zatoichi at Large
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Rentarô Mikuni Boss Tetsugoro Hisaya Morishige Constable Tobei Etsushi Takahashi Denjuro
Release Date: 1972
Directed by Kazuo Mori.
Zatoichi in Desperation
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Kiwako Taichi Nishikigi Kyoko Yoshizawa Kaede Yasuhiro Koume Shinkichi
Release Date: 1972
Directed by Kazuo Mori.
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Yukiyo Toake Miyo Eiji Okada Shinbei of Hitachiya Kei Satô Magistrate
Release Date: 1973
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series. The Wikipedia write-ups for the individual episodes are attached to their titles.
Release Date: 1962 - 1973
Directed by Various - See each film in the list above.
Labels: adventure4, Criterion6, samurai, super-hero3, tatsuya-nakadai, toshirô-mifune
