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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

Original title: 座頭市

1989-02-04 · 1h 56m · JA
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Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

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Shintarō KatsuDirector

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Shintarō KatsuShintarō KatsuZatoichiKanako HiguchiKanako HiguchiBoss Han BosatsuTakanori JinnaiTakanori JinnaiInspector HanshuRyuutarô GanRyuutarô GanBoss GoemonYuya UchidaYuya UchidaBoss AkabeiToyomi KusanoToyomi KusanoUmeTsurutaro KataokaTsurutaro KataokaTsuruMiho NakayamaMiho NakayamaKen OgataKen OgataNorihei MikiNorihei MikiGō AwazuGō AwazuDaisuke BanDaisuke Ban

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SamuraiBlindSwordsmanJidaigeki

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Genre affinityAction · DramaTheme affinitySamurai · Blind · SwordsmanDialogue densityDramaPacingActionDirector preference360092Actor preference323642 · 382862 · 388559

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Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally has a runtime of 116 minutes.

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