"Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople."
Takeshi Kitano
as Zatoichi / Ichi
Tadanobu Asano
as Hattori Genosuke
Michiyo Yasuda
as Tante Oume
Yui Natsukawa
as Oshino
Guadalcanal Taka
as Shinkichi
Daigorô Tachibana
as Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto
Yuko Daike
as Geisha Okinu Naruto
Ittoku Kishibe
as Boss Inosuke Ginzo
Saburo Ishikura
as Ogi
Akira Emoto
as Pub Owner
Hideboh
as Dancing Farmer
Ron II
Suji
Makoto Ashikawa
as Carpenter
Tsumami Edamame
Kôsuke Ôta
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Naomasa Musaka
as Yakuza Boss on the Country Road
Ben Hiura
as Tavern Gramps
Shoken Kunimoto
as Rival Swordsman
Daigaku Sekine
as Ginzo's Henchman I
Koji Koike
as Boss Funahachi
Koji Kiryu
as Dice Dealer at Funahachi's Joint
Taigi Kobayashi
as Funahachi's Bodyguard
Yoshida Ayano
as Young Okinu
Taichi Saotome
as Young Osei
Kanji Tsuda
as Playboy at Home
Shinji Asakura
as Narutoya Banto
Yoji Tanaka
as Funahachi Family Henchmen
Ryouhei Kunieda
as Narutoya Master
Muhômatsu
as Farmer Boy with a Spear
Noriyasu
Ikki Goto
as Kuchinawa Underling #1
Shin'ichi Nakatsuka
as Kuchinawa Underling #2
Yoshio Nakamura
as Kuchinawa Underling #3
Toru Yonezu
as Kuchinawa Underling #4
Hiroaki Noguchi
as Kuchinawa Underling #5
Al Kitago
as Farmer
Omiya no Matsu
Tsutomu Takeshige
Gambino Kobayashi
as Farmer Boy
Kenji Takechi
as Yakuza
Yasushi Higuchi
as Tavern Customer
Ryûki Kitaoka
Hisao Ogura
as Ninja
Masayoshi Ōzeki
Norihiro Isoda
Production Design
Tsunehisa Saitô
Producer
Keiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Editor
Yohji Yamamoto
Costume Design
Takefumi Yoshikawa
Casting
Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography
Yoshinori Ota
Screenplay
Director
Kan Shimozawa
Novel
Masayuki Mori
Kazuko Kurosawa
Takio Yoshida