Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.

Action / Adventure / Drama
Episode 15: Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967) English Subs / Japanese Language
Original title: Zatôichi tekka-tabi

Shintarô Katsu … Zatoichi
Shiho Fujimura Shiho Fujimura … Oshizu
Yoshihiko Aoyama Yoshihiko Aoyama … Seikichi
Makoto Fujita Makoto Fujita … Umazo
Kiyoko Suizenji Kiyoko Suizenji … Oharu
Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno … Senzo
Masumi Harukawa Masumi Harukawa … Oryu
Masako Aboshi Masako Aboshi … Omatsu the maid
Junichiro Yamashita Junichiro Yamashita … Shinnosuke
Ryûtarô Gomi Ryûtarô Gomi … Ronin
Fujio Suga Fujio Suga … Seisuke Kuwayama
Tatsuo Endô Tatsuo Endô … Iwagoro
Ryûji Kita Ryûji Kita … Genbei Shimotsukeya
Eigorô Onoe Eigorô Onoe … Zato
Yûsaku Terashima Yûsaku Terashima … Noodle Shop Owner
Gen Kimura Gen Kimura … Hanzo the dice player
Sachio Horikita Sachio Horikita … Mosuke
Kimiko Tachibana Kimiko Tachibana … Otane
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masako Akeboshi Masako Akeboshi … Matsu (uncredited)
Saburô Date Saburô Date … Yakuza (uncredited)
Kôichi Mizuhara Kôichi Mizuhara … Chuzaemon Aizawa (uncredited)
Gen Takasugi Gen Takasugi … Monji (uncredited)
Produced by
Ikuo Kubodera … producer
Masaichi Nagata … executive producerMusic by
Ichirô Saitô Cinematography by
Senkichirô Takeda Film Editing by
Toshio Taniguchi Art Direction by
Yoshinobu Nishioka Sound Department
Masao Ôsumi … sound recordist

34 Comments

  1. One of my favorite scenes is when Zatoichi disarms a thug with his one hitter and holds them all hostage with an idea.

  2. The scene where swordsmith Senzo takes Ichi's cane sword with both hands, bows his head to the cane sword, pull the sword out of the cane and look at the blade was quiet and tense. Eijiro Tono(60), who played Senzo, is cool and wonderful.

  3. Zatoichi played by Shintaro Katsu is very funny,smart,kind and has magnificent talent with sword.I think he is the best actor.Thanks a lot for uploading this amazing film.Very entertain.

  4. どうせ博打場つくるならこんな純日本式でやって欲しいね。

  5. 義理人情のある世界、庶民の時代劇は座頭市です。勝新太郎、永遠なれ。

  6. Scene 40.03, why should the would be daughter-in-law herself go around serving sake etc, when there were so many maids in the hotel?? Was she deliberately showing off herself, so that the poor stupid Randy inspector will try to rape her and maybe even make her his concubine or maybe even a wife??? Otherwise,it doesn't make any sense as to why,a part owner,a manager of a hotel, goes around serving alcohol and other things to the hotel guests, when the hotel has more than enough maids for the same purpose!! Or, maybe the hotel is basically a prostitute house, and the so called maids are nothing more than common prostitutes, who only serve the hotel customers in the bedroom, and not serve sake or other things to the customers of the great hotel!!

  7. Stupid brainless scene in 50.48, where the knife falls down on the Dice Cup, the knife doesn't penetrate the Cup long enough to reach the Dice piece and yet, what do we see????? That, one of the Dice piece has been cut into two, to show that the Dice pieces were weighted!! I really don't understand how the Dice piece was cut into two parts and how weighting a Dice piece helps the stupid person who is the Dice thrower??! At the least, the poor stupid director should have explained to us, who don't know anything about Japanese gambling and therefore the Dice pieces,as to why and how a weighted Dice piece can help in cheating the poor stupid customers!! LoL 😂 hahahahaha ✋😅 ROFL 😁😆😆😂

  8. Scene 1.05.51, there were so many maids, but no, our poor stupid girl has to go herself to show off her beautiful face and body so that everyone praise her!! And the result is what she wants, that the poor stupid inspector will do anything to get her, including torturing the poor stupid person who gave her shelter and support after her father's death!! What a bothersome girl!!

  9. The sheer stupidity and stubbornness of the poor stupid girl has led to the murder of the real son of her adoptive father. And what she always wanted, she is getting in scene 1.15.57, where the poor stupid inspector is trying to make love with her, though,as an expert prostitute, with lots of experience, she is acting as if she dislikes the love making of the poor stupid inspector and therefore is doing a make believe opposition to his overtures!! What a great girl!!

  10. Scene 1.17.42,prove my point, that the poor stupid girl really wanted to make love with the poor stupid inspector and was just showing fake opposition to his love making!! When the poor stupid hero zatoichi came to rescue her, she was very disappointed, so much that she even did not go to the side of the poor stupid hero zatoichi, when he called her!! In fact, zatoichi had to threaten her and only then did she agree to come with zatoichi!! What a great girl!!

  11. Scene 1.18.10, zatoichi is always shown to be very sensitive to anything, so basically the question is, why didn't he immediately sense that the sword he was holding was a different sword than his earlier one?? What a stupid director!!

  12. Scene 1.21.33, I would have simply said, open your legs, when she cried," what should I do" to the poor stupid hero zatoichi!!

  13. The scene of the poor stupid hero zatoichi inside the barrel and cutting up the poor stupid goons from inside the barrel was so funny 🤣🤣😂😂 hohohoho haw haw haw, that I almost died laughing!! How did he get enough space to draw his own sword, leave alone, cutting off people from the inside of the barrel???

  14. Does anyone know the name of the song that the lady was singing in the beginning of this video. I know it's a famous song because my grandmother used to sing that to me.

  15. 何人切ってもおとがめなし、というのが時代劇の設定、
    普通お上に、捕らわれはりつけか、斬首だろう。
    時代劇って、面白いね。😄

  16. 昔の映画はほんとに情緒とか哀愁が作品に溢れとる。派手なことできないからか、工夫に溢れてる。

  17. I love this song, she have a beautiful voice..I understand the words without speaking Japanese..

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