Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man


座頭市逆手斬り
Zatōichi Sakategiri
Zatoichi Enemy Slashing
Director Kazuo Mori
Original Story Kan Shimozawa
Screenplay Shozaburo Asai
Photography Hiroshi Imai
Sound Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Lighting Teiichi Ito
Art Seiichi Ota
Music Seitaro Omori
Editor Takashi Taniguchi
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date September 18, 1965
Runtime 78 minutes
Preceded by Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Followed by Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

座頭市逆手斬り
Zatōichi Sakategiri
Zatoichi Enemy Slashing
Director Kazuo Mori
Original Story Kan Shimozawa
Screenplay Shozaburo Asai
Photography Hiroshi Imai
Sound Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Lighting Teiichi Ito
Art Seiichi Ota
Music Seitaro Omori
Editor Takashi Taniguchi
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date September 18, 1965
Runtime 78 minutes
Preceded by Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Followed by Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)

Zatoichi meets a man in jail, Shimazo, who claims to be innocent of the charges laid against him, yet is still condemned to death. He begs Zatoichi to contact Boss Senpachi and Boss Jubei in order to clear his name. Zatoichi is reluctant to believe the man’s account, and once free decides not to pursue the man’s request. Zatoichi wins money off of a con-man, Hyakutaro, who later takes to impersonating Zatoichi in order to win favor with the yakuza. Zatoichi’s pursuit of Hyakutaro leads straight to bosses Senpachi and Jubei.

Zatoichi delivers Shimazo’s message to the two bosses, but later discovers that the bosses themselves framed Shimazo with false charges. They saw Shimazo as an obstacle to expanding their territories and sought to have him removed. Zatoichi confronts Jubei, and forces him to write and sign a statement confessing his deeds. Jubei attempts to have Zatoichi eliminated before he can render the statement to the magistrate, but Zatoichi is too powerful for his men to overcome, and Jubei himself dies in the attempt.

Zatoichi has the statement safely delivered so Shimazo can go free. Meanwhile, Hyakutaro, whose sordid past has finally caught up with him, is arrested. Zatoichi observes impassively as Hyakutaro is escorted away.

Top Billed Cast

Shintaro Katsu
Zatoichi
Kanbi Fujiyama
Hyakutaro
Eiko Taki
Oyone
Masako Akeboshi
Ochiyo
Kenjiro Ishiyama
Boss Jubei Araiso
Ryuzo Shimada
Boss Saheiji
Koichi Mizuhara
Shimazo
Gakuya Morita
Ippeita
Gen Harada
Boss Senpachi
Sachiko Murase
Osono
Gen Kimura
Tatsukichi
Kazuo Moriuchi
Yakuza
Tokio Oki
Saheiji's Ronin
Ichi Koshikawa
Man at Teahouse
Yukio Horikita
Man at Teahouse
Shozo Nanbu
Innkeeper
Jun Katsumura
Gonju
Gen Kuroki
Yakuza
Yutaro Ban
Sanka
Kayo Mikimoto
Tavern Girl
Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi
Shintaro Katsu

Hyakutaro
Kanbi Fujiyama

Oyone
Eiko Taki

Ochiyo
Masako Akeboshi

Boss Jubei Araiso
Kenjiro Ishiyama

Boss Saheiji
Ryuzo Shimada

Shimazo
Koichi Mizuhara

Ippeita
Gakuya Morita

Boss Senpachi
Gen Harada

Osono
Sachiko Murase

Tatsukichi
Gen Kimura

Yakuza
Kazuo Moriuchi

Saheiji's Ronin
Tokio Oki

Man at Teahouse
Ichi Koshikawa

Man at Teahouse
Yukio Horikita

Innkeeper
Shozo Nanbu

Gonju
Jun Katsumura

Yakuza
Gen Kuroki

Sanka
Yutaro Ban

Tavern Girl
Kayo Mikimoto
企画
Planning
財前定生
Sadao Zaizen
原作
Original Story
子母沢寛
Kan Shimozawa
脚本
Screenplay
浅井昭三郎
Shozaburo Asai
撮影
Photography
今井ひろし
Hiroshi Imai
録音
Sound
林土太郎
Tsuchitaro Hayashi
照明
Lighting
伊藤貞一
Teiichi Ito
美術
Art
太田誠一
Seiichi Ota
音楽
Music
大森盛太郎
Seitaro Omori
編集
Editor
谷口孝司
Takashi Taniguchi
装置
Apparatus
吉見光男
Mitsuo Yoshimi
擬斗
Action
楠本栄一
Eiichi Kusumoto
音響効果
Sound Effects
倉嶋暢
Manabu Kurashima
助監督
Assistant Director
大洲斉
Masashi Osu
製作主任
Production Manager
小沢宏
Hiroshi Ozawa
現像
Developing
東洋現像所
Toyo Laboratory
出演者
Performers


勝新太郎
Shintaro Katsu

藤山寛美(松竹新喜劇)
Kanbi Fujiyama (Shochiku New Comedy)

滝瑛子
Eiko Taki

明星雅子
Masako Akeboshi

石山健二郎
Kenjiro Ishiyama

島田竜三
Ryuzo Shimada

水原浩一
Koichi Mizuhara

守田学
Gakuya Morita

原田玄
Gen Harada

村瀬幸子
Sachiko Murase

木村玄
Gen Kimura

森内一夫
Kazuo Moriuchi

沖時男
Tokio Oki

越川一
Ichi Koshikawa

堀北幸夫
Yukio Horikita

菊野昌代士
Masanobu Kikuno

志賀明
Akira Shiga

芝田総二
Shinji Shibata

南部彰三
Shozo Nanbu

勝村淳
Jun Katsumura

松田剛武
Takeshi Matsuda

薮内武司
Takeshi Yabuchi

黒木英男
Hideo Kuroki

伴勇太郎
Yutaro Ban

花村秀樹
Hideki Hanamura

上坊泰三
Yuzo Shobun

三木本賀代
Kayo Mikimoto

岩村百合子
Yuriko Iwamura
監督
Director
森一生
Kazuo Mori