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Zatoichi in Desperation

1972 · Shintarō Katsu · 92 min

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After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.

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6.7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database38 votes

Shintarō KatsuZatoichi

Kiwako TaichiNishikigi

Katsuo NakamuraUshimatsu

Asao KoikeBoss Mangoro

Kyoko YoshizawaKaede YYasuhiro KoumeShinkichi

Joji TakagiKamijo

Masumi HarukawaOhama

Naoe FushimiOld Woman

Yoshihiko AoyamaTokujiro Awa

Hideji ŌtakiSukegoro Iioka SShigeyoshi FujiokaInokichi TTeruo MatsuyamaIhachi KKazuko TajimaHanasato RRokku Furukawa

Cast

Shintarō KatsuZatoichi

Kiwako TaichiNishikigi

Katsuo NakamuraUshimatsu

Asao KoikeBoss Mangoro

Kyoko YoshizawaKaede YYasuhiro KoumeShinkichi

Joji TakagiKamijo

Masumi HarukawaOhama

Naoe FushimiOld Woman

Yoshihiko AoyamaTokujiro Awa

Hideji ŌtakiSukegoro Iioka SShigeyoshi FujiokaInokichi TTeruo MatsuyamaIhachi KKazuko TajimaHanasato RRokku Furukawa

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