Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 1: The Tale of Zatoichi
(1962)
Zatôichi monogatari
Stars: Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada, Hajime Mitamura, Shigeru Amachi
Director: Kenji Misumi
Writer: Kan Shimosawa, Minoru Inuzuka
Language: English
Studio: Home Vision Entertainment
Duration: 96
Rated: Unrated
DVD Release: May 2002
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
| Shintarô Katsu | Zatôichi |
| Masayo Banri | Tane / Tatekichi's sister / Seisuke's ex-lover |
| Shogo Shimada | |
| Ryuzo Shimada | Shigezô of Sasagawa / Sasagawa yakuza boss |
| Mikiko Tsubouchi | |
| Hajime Mitamura | Hanji of Matsugishi |
| Machiko Hasegawa | |
| Shigeru Amachi | Hirate, Miki |
| Tomisaburo Wakayama | Jushiro (as Jo Kenzaburo) |
| Chitose Maki | Yoshi / Hanji's wife |
| Tatsuya Ishiguro | |
| Shinjirô Asano | |
| Ikuko Môri | Yutaka / Shigezô's wife |
| Michirô Minami | Tatekichi / Tane's brother / Saki's lover / Iioka yakuza member |
| Saburo Date | |
| Hikosaburo Kataoka | |
| Eijirô Yanagi | Sukegorô of Iioka / Iioka yakuza boss |
| Toshio Chiba | Masakichi / Iioka yakuza member (as Toshirô Chiba) |
| Matasaburo Tamba | |
| Toranosuke Tennoji | |
| Manabu Morita | Seisuke / Tane's ex-lover / Iioka yakuza member |
| Koichi Mizuhara | |
| Yoichi Funaki | Yogorô / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Kinya Ichikawa | Mokichi / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Hiroshi Hayashi | |
| Yûsaku Terajima | |
| Eigoro Onoe | Rihei / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Ichirô Takakura | |
| Yoshito Yamaji | Yahei / Father of Tane and Tatekichi |
| Yukio Horikita | Kanaji / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Ichirô Saitô | Composer |
| Kazuo Miyagawa | Cinematographer |
| Ryuuji Fukui | Daihachi / Iioka yakuza member |
| Masayoshi Kikuno | A coolie |
| Hajime Koshikawa | A Farmer |
| Akira Shiga | A dice-roller |
| Masashi Hamada | Iioka yakuza member |
| Kôichi Aihara | |
| Hiroyoshi Nishioka | Iioka yakuza member |
| Gen Kimura | Sasagawa gambler spy |
| Taizô Sengoku | Ishichi / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Noboru Taniguchi | Tomozô / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Shingo Hosotani | Iioka yakuza member |
| Saburô Nagaoka | |
| Katsuyoshi Baba | Iioka yakuza member |
| Yô Yuuki | Iioka yakuza member |
| Keiko Awanami | Saki / Tatekichi's lover |
| Kanae Kobayashi | Kane the Sasagawa innkeeper |
| Bonta Maru | |
| Jun Katsumura | Iioka yakuza |
| Akira Ifukube | Composer |
| Chishi Makiura | Cinematographer |
| Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
Genre: Action & Adventure
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0130377
