The New Tale of Zatoichi

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Main Details

  • Released in 1963
  • Color
  • Running Time: 91 min
  • Production Co: Daiei Motion Picture Company
  • Distribution Co: Dalei Studios (1963) (Japan) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
  • Written by Minoru Inuzuka
  • Starring Shintaro Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Seizaburō Kawazu
  • Original Music by Akira Ifukube
  • Cinematography by Chishi Makiura


Plot Summary

  • Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
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