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7.2Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Released: 2003-09-06116 minDir: Takeshi KitanoAdventure, Drama, ActionBudget: $2.5MBox office: $34.2M
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Zatoichi / Ichi
- Tadanobu Asano as Hattori Genosuke
- Michiyo Yasuda as Tante Oume
- Yui Natsukawa as Oshino
- Guadalcanal Taka as Shinkichi
- Daigorô Tachibana as Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto
Themes
- martial arts
- japan
- samurai
- sword
- geisha
- blackmail
- revenge
- blind
- jidaigeki
- aggressive
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
53,145 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 24 wins & 15 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Zatoichi
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Screenwriter
- Takeshi Kitano
- Cast member
- Akira Emoto
- Composer
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Producer
- Masayuki Mori
- Production company
- Rai 2
- Cinematographer
- Katsumi Yanagishima
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 651313
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.office-kitano.co.jp/zatoichi/en/index.html
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- publication date
- 2003-00-00
- film editor
- Takeshi Kitano
- title
- 座頭市
- costume designer
- Yohji Yamamoto
- box office
- 1118163
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75/100
- characters
- Zatoichi
- set in period
- Edo period
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