Zatoichi on The Road
– Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t..
Release Date:
27 Jun 1968
Language:
Japanese
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
Director:
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Writer:
Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimozawa (story)
Main Actors:
Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryûzô Shimada, Reiko Fujiwara
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or "Zatoichi") is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or "Omitsu") to her family in Edo, and Zatoichi feels honor-bound to do so. But rival gangs each have an interest in kidnapping the girl for ransom. Zatoichi joins with one of the gangs when the other gang captures Mitsu, but he then finds that to rescue her, he must fight both gangs.
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