Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
Action • Drama • Adventure • 1ч 56м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.4
(49)
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Kanako Higuchi
Boss Han Bosatsu
Takanori Jinnai
Inspector Hanshu
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Ryûtarô Gan
Boss Goemon
Yuya Uchida
Boss Akabei
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Toyomi Kusano
Ume
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Tsuru
Miho Nakayama
Ken Ogata
Ronin
Norihei Miki
Zatôichi's Friend
Joe Yamanaka
Kuruma Sukezaemon
Rikiya Yasuoka
Gō Awazu
Daisuke Ban
Takashi Ebata
Shinzō Hotta
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Mayumi Fujii
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Eugene Harada
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Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Tsuneyuki Hasegawa
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Keiko Hirade
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Taisuke Imai
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Kenichiro Ito
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Saburô Kadowaki
Crew
Tsutomu Nakamura
Screenplay
Kan Shimozawa
Story
Shintarō Katsu
Screenplay
Kyōhei Nakaoka
Adaptation
Tatsumi Ichiyama
Screenplay
Shintarō Katsu
Director
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Masanori Sanada
Producer
Chiyoo Umeda
Production Design
Toshio Taniguchi
Editor
Shintarō Katsu
Producer
Takayuki Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Johnny Yoshinaga
Theme Song Performance
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