---
title: 'Zatoichi (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shintarō Katsu'
released: '1989-01-01'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zatoichi-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zatoichi (1989)

1989 · Japan

Original title: 座頭市

## Synopsis

Zatôichi , also known as Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi, is a 1989 Japanese Chambara film directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, who also produced and co-wrote the screenplay. It is the twenty-sixth entry in a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi, released 16 years after the twenty-fifth film in the series Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973). The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu)
- **Screenplay:** [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu), [Tsutomu Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-nakamura)

## Cast

- [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu)
- [Kanako Higuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanako-higuchi)
- [Takanori Jinnai](https://cinepixo.com/people/takanori-jinnai)
- [Tsurutarō Kataoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsurutaro-kataoka)
- [Ryū Gan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryu-gan)
- [Rikiya Yasuoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rikiya-yasuoka)
- [Yuya Uchida](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuya-uchida)
- [Ken Ogata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ogata)

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