Title
Zatoichi : Samaritan Zatoichi = Zatōichi kenka daiko [videorecording] / Daiei Motion Picture Co. ; director, Misumi Kenji ; scriptwriter, Sugiura Hisashi, Yoshida Tetsurō, Saruwaka Kiyokata.
Published
[United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1968.
Special features: subtitled theatrical trailers.
Director of photography, Morita Fujio ; music, Ikeno Sei ; film editor, Taniguchi Toshio.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary
Zatoichi kills a man who owes the yakuza boss a gambling debt, just before his sister comes to pay off the debt. What the yakuza really wanted was the man's sister and he tries to take her although the debt's been paid. Zatoichi decides he needs to protect the man's sister and her honor.
Variant and related titles
Zatōichi kenka daiko
Samaritan Zatoichi
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
February 22, 2006
Series
The Blind swordsman series ; no. 19
Credits
Director of photography, Morita Fujio ; music, Ikeno Sei ; film editor, Taniguchi Toshio.
Cast
Katsu Shintarō (Zatōichi) ; Mita Yoshiko (Osode) ; Satō Makoto (Kashiwazaki Yasaburō) ; Nishimura Akira (Saruya Sōsuke) ; Fujioka Takuya (Shinkichi) ; Miyako Chōchō (Ohaya) ; Shimizu Akira (Kumakichi) ; Tamagawa Ryōichi (Chōhachi) ; Soga Machiko (Osen) ; Gomi Ryūtarō (Sashichi) ; Ōkawa Osamu (Tokuji) ; Toura Mutsuhiro (Chōji) ; Tamaki Kazue (Aburaya no Bantō) ; Horikita Yukio (Isokichi) ; Date Takeshi (Kinzō).
System details note
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
BLI 200 Home Vision Entertainment
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Also listed under
Daiei Film Production.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)