Cast
Crew
K
Kenji Misumi
Director
C
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
K
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
M
Masaatsu Matusmura
Screenplay
T
Tetsurō Yoshida
Screenplay
S
Seiji Hoshikawa
Screenplay
A
Akira Naitō
Art Direction
S
Sadao Zaizen
Producer
K
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
T
Tomio Takamori
Producer
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
