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Zatoichi (2003)

Zatoichi (2003)

座頭市
R 111 minutes JA Adventure , Drama , Action
His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Zatoichi / Ichi
Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
Hattori Genosuke
Michiyo Yasuda
Michiyo Yasuda
Tante Oume
Yui Natsukawa
Yui Natsukawa
Oshino
Guadalcanal Taka
Guadalcanal Taka
Shinkichi
Daigorô Tachibana
Daigorô Tachibana
Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto
Yuko Daike
Yuko Daike
Geisha Okinu Naruto
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe
Boss Inosuke Ginzo
Saburo Ishikura
Saburo Ishikura
Ogi
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
Pub Owner
Hideboh
Hideboh
Dancing Farmer
Ron II
Ron II
Dancing Farmer
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Production crew

Norihiro Isoda
Production Design
Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography
Yoshinori Ota
Editor
Yohji Yamamoto
Costume Design
Takeshi Kitano
Editor
Keiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Tsunehisa Saitô
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Production companies: Office Kitano, Saito Entertainment, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual, Celluloid Dreams, dentsu, Miramax, Shochiku
Production countries: France, Japan
Budget: $2,500,000
Revenue: $34,196,922

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Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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