Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'Zatoichi and the Doomed Man' right now, here are some essential information about the Daiei Film adventure flick. Zatoichi and the Doomed Man starring Shintarō Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Taki, Kenjirō Ishiyama has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 17 min. The release date of the movie is September 18th, 1965. The movie received a user score of 68/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 45 real users.
Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him."
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'Zatoichi and the Doomed Man' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on September 18th, 1965
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.
