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Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue (1972)
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21 February 1973 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Dark and tragic moreCast
(Credited cast) | Shintarô Katsu | ... | Zatoichi |
| Kiwako Taichi | ... | Nishikigi |
| Kyoko Yoshizawa | ... | Kaede |
| Yasuhiro Koume | ... | Shinkichi |
| Katsuo Nakamura | ... | Ushimatsu |
| Asao Koike | ... | Boss Mangoro Kagiya |
| Joji Takagi | ... | Kamijo |
| Masumi Harukawa | ... | Hama |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yoshihiko Aoyama | ... | Takujiro |
| Yuutaroo Ban | ||
| Tamoisu Fujiharu | ||
| Jun Fujikawa | ||
| John Fujioka | ... | Kagiya yakuza |
| Ryuuji Fukui | ||
| Rokumaru Furukawa | ||
| Naoe Fushimi | ... | Nobu |
| Yuuji Hamada | ||
| Hideki Hanamura | ||
| Kimiko Ishii | ||
| Takuya Kitano | ||
| Shinkan Koume | ||
| Nobue Matsuoka | ||
| Teruo Matsuyama | ||
| Tatsu Mayama | ||
| Masami Mitsuboshi | ||
| Shoji Mori | ||
| Kazuo Mortuchi | ||
| Saburô Nagaoka | ||
| Tokio Oki | ||
| Hideji Otaki | ||
| Kiyono Sasaki | ||
| Junjiroo Shinseki | ||
| Kazuko Tajima | ... | Kimi |
| Takeshi Yabuchi | ... | Mangoro yakuza |
| Satoko Yamamura | ... | Prostitute |
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I am new to the Zatoichi film series; this was the first film in the series I have seen, after buying a couple of seasons of the TV series and enjoying them. If the rest of the series is as good as this one then I can see I am in for a virtual lifetime of great Zatoichi films - when I can find them in video stores!
"Zatoichi in Desperation" is darker and as another reviewer said, more "heavy handed" than the TV episodes I have seen. The characters - the prostitute given a tentative freedom, the fishermen from the village harassed by the local yakuza gang, the 14-year-old girl about to be forced to work in the brothel and her little brother - are memorable and tragic. Their lives become intertwined with Zatoichi's by a twist of fate - an old woman who accidentally falls from a bridge, and Zatoichi's guilt resulting over it.
This intertwining of relationships, Zatoichi's humbleness despite his master swordsmanship, and the great photography is what makes the film (and the Zatoichi series!) special.