Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
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.
- Released
- 1972-09-02
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, Drama
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Shintarō Katsu, Minoru Inuzuka
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 38 votes
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
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