Adventures of Zatoichi
座頭市関所破り
1964 · 1h 26m · Action, Adventure, Drama · Japan
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Directed by
Kimiyoshi YasudaWritten by
Shozaburo Asai6.3Smart score
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