"The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing."
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatôichi
Masayo Banri
as Otane
Ryūzō Shimada
as Shigezô
Hajime Mitamura
as Hanji
Shigeru Amachi
as Miki Hirate
Michirō Minami
as Tatekichi
Eijirō Yanagi
as Sukegorô
Toshio Chiba
as Masakichi
Manabu Morita
as Seisuke
Yoshito Yamaji
as Yahei
Yoichi Funaki
as Yogoro
Eigorō Onoe
as Rihei
Ikuko Mōri
as Oyutaka
Chitose Maki
as Yoshi
Kinya Ichikawa
as Mokichi
Jun Fujikawa
as Iioka yakuza member
Yukio Horikita
as Kanaji
Yūji Hamada
Bonta Maru
as
Gen Kimura
as Sasagawa gambler spy
Ryuji Fukui
as Daihachi
Hajime Koshikawa
as A farmer
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Kanae Kobayashi
as Kane the innkeeper
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
Kenji Misumi
Director
Ikuo Kubodera
Executive Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Akira Naitō
Production Design
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Mitsuru Tanabe
Production Manager
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story