Cast
Crew
M
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
I
Ikuo Kubodera
Executive Producer
K
Kenji Misumi
Director
A
Akira Naitō
Production Design
M
Mitsuru Tanabe
Production Manager
K
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
C
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
T
Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director
K
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
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.