Zatoichi in Desperation

"After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them."

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

as Zatoichi

Kiwako Taichi

as Nishikigi

Katsuo Nakamura

as Ushimatsu

Asao Koike

as Boss Mangoro

Kyoko Yoshizawa

as Kaede

Yasuhiro Koume

as Shinkichi

Joji Takagi

as Kamijo

Masumi Harukawa

as Ohama

Naoe Fushimi

as Old Woman

Yoshihiko Aoyama

as Tokujiro Awa

Hideji Ōtaki

as Sukegoro Iioka

Shigeyoshi Fujioka

as Inokichi

Teruo Matsuyama

as Ihachi

Crew

Shintarō Katsu

Director

Seiichi Ōta

Art Direction

Kunihiko Murai

Original Music Composer

Masao Ōsumi

Sound

Toshio Taniguchi

Editor

Fujio Morita

Director of Photography

Shintarō Katsu

Producer

Hiroyoshi Nishioka

Producer

Kan Shimozawa

Original Story

Minoru Inuzuka

Screenplay