Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)

Original title

座頭市千両首

Directed by

Kazuo Ikehiro

Genre

Jidaigeki

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blind masseur who is also a master swordsman gets caught up in a search for a missing chest of gold. He faces off against a gang of criminals who have stolen the gold from a village.

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What happens

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (座頭市千両首, Zatōichi senryō-kubi) is a 1964 Japanese Chambara film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi, originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures). It also stars Tomisaburo Wakayama who would later play the lead in the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold is the sixth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi, following Zatoichi on the Road and preceding Zatoichi's Flashing Sword. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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