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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
Directed by Shintarō Katsu
Overview
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he’s caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Length 116 minutes
Actors
Shintarō Katsu | Kanako Higuchi | Takanori Jinnai | Ryuutarô Gan | Yuya Uchida | Toyomi Kusano | Tsurutaro Kataoka | Miho Nakayama | Ken Ogata | Norihei Miki | Gô Awazu | Daisuke Ban | Takashi Ebata | Mayumi Fujii | Eugene Harada | Hiroshi Hasegawa | Tsuneyuki Hasegawa | Keiko Hirade | Shinzô Hotta | Taisuke Imai | Masao Ishiguro | Kenichiro Ito | Saburô Kadowaki | Kentarô Kaji | Kenzo Kaneko | Keizo Kanie | Shigeo Katô | Takuzô Kawatani | Yûsuke Koike | Akira Kubo | Ryôichi Kusanagi | Asao Matsumoto | Kozo Matsumoto | Ken'ichi Matsuno | Shû Minagawa | Yuuki Natsusaka | Takashi Odajima | Ryôji Okamoto | Tatsuya Okamoto | Kakuya Saeki | Sachio Sakai | Makoto Satō | Mihoko Shibata | Tomoyuki Shimura | Yukie Shimura | Kaoru Shinoda | Hiroshi Sugita | Yuka Suzuki | Fumihiko Tachiki | Chigusa Takayama | Motoharu Tamura | Jun Tatara | Ryo Toshikura | Shingo Uchiide | Kôichi Ueda | Sakae Umezu | Joe Yamanaka | Rikiya Yasuoka | Shôji Ôki | Senkichi Ômura | Koji Miemachi | Hiroyuki Yamada