Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

Cast (62)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Kanako Higuchi

Boss Han Bosatsu

Takanori Jinnai

Inspector Hanshu

R

Ryûtarô Gan

Boss Goemon

Yuya Uchida

Boss Akabei

T

Toyomi Kusano

Ume

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Tsuru

Miho Nakayama

Ken Ogata

Ronin

Norihei Miki

Zatôichi's Friend

Joe Yamanaka

Kuruma Sukezaemon

Rikiya Yasuoka

Gō Awazu

Daisuke Ban

Takashi Ebata

Shinzō Hotta

M

Mayumi Fujii

E

Eugene Harada

H

Hiroshi Hasegawa

T

Tsuneyuki Hasegawa

K

Keiko Hirade

T

Taisuke Imai

K

Kenichiro Ito

S

Saburô Kadowaki

M

Masao Ishiguro

K

Kentarô Kaji

K

Kenzo Kaneko

Ryoichi Kusanagi

Keizo Kanie

Shigeo Katō

Akira Kubo

Y

Yûsuke Koike

A

Asao Matsumoto

K

Kozo Matsumoto

Takuzō Kawatani

K

Ken'ichi Matsuno

S

Shū Minagawa

Y

Yuuki Natsusaka

T

Takashi Odajima

R

Ryôji Okamoto

H

Hachiro Okamoto

K

Kakuya Saeki

Sachio Sakai

Makoto Satō

Mihoko Shibata

Tomoyuki Shimura

Y

Yukie Shimura

Kaoru Shinoda

H

Hiroshi Sugita

Y

Yuka Suzuki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Chigusa Takayama

M

Motoharu Tamura

Jun Tatara

R

Ryo Toshikura

S

Shingo Uchiide

Koichi Ueda

Sakae Umezu

S

Shōji Ōki

Senkichi Ōmura

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