Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
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- Runtime
- 77 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Shintarō Katsu
- Kanbi Fujiyama
- Kenjirō Ishiyama
- Masako Akeboshi
- Eiko Taki
- Ryûzô Shimada
- Kōichi Mizuhara
- Sachiko Murase
- Jun Katsumura
- Kayo Mikimoto
- Manabu Morita
- Gen Harada
- Yukio Horikita
- Hajime Koshikawa
- Tokio Oki
Director
- Kazuo Mori
Producers
- Sadao Zaizen
Screenwriter
- Shozaburo Asai
