Directed by:
Kazuo MoriScreenplay:
Minoru InuzukaComposer:
Ichirô SaitôCast:
Tōru Abe, Shintarô Katsu, 中村玉緒, 倉田マユミ, Jiro Izawa, Fujio Suga, Osamu Maruyama, Matasaburô NiwaPlots(1)
Before Shintaro Katsu portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, he played Suginoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side.
An outcast since birth, he learned from a young age that the only way to get ahead was to take advantage of others. Now an expert con-artist with a heart of coal, Suganoichi is on a vile quest for power, and everyone else will suffer along the way!
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Tōru Abe
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Shintarô Katsu
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
中村玉緒
Japan
Best movies:
倉田マユミ
Japan
Best movies:
Jiro Izawa
Japan
Best movies:
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Fujio Suga
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Osamu Maruyama
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Street of Shame (1956)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Matasaburô Niwa
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi, the Fugitive (1963)
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Shinobi no mono (1962)