Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Overview

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 17, 1964

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Shintarō Katsu,Nobuo Kaneko,Gen Kimura,Ikuko Mōri,Shōsaku Sugiyama,Hizuru Takachiho,Yoshi Katō,Saburo Date,Kōji Fujiyama,Tatsuya Ishiguroand 3 more

Director

Kenji Misumi

Writer

Tetsurō Yoshida,Masaatsu Matusmura,Seiji Hoshikawa,Kan Shimozawa

Producer

Tomio Takamori,Sadao Zaizen,Masaichi Nagata

Cinematography

Chikashi Makiura

Music

Akira Ifukube

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0123334