Zatoichi/ 座頭市 His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend. Release date: 2003-09-06 Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action Actors: Kanji Tsuda, Taichi Saotome, Naomasa Musaka, Ben Hiura, Saburo Ishikura, Daigaku Sekine, Yuko Daike, Shoken Kunimoto, Tsumami Edamame, Michiyo Yasuda, Guadalcanal Taka, Makoto Ashikawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Yoji Tanaka, Akira Emoto, Yui Natsukawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Gambino Kobayashi, Tadanobu Asano, Kenji Takechi, Yasushi Higuchi, Koji Kiryu, Ryûki Kitaoka, Masayoshi Ōzeki, Shinji Asakura, Ryouhei Kunieda, Tsutomu Takeshige, Koji Koike, Daigorô Tachibana, Al Kitago, Kôsuke Ôta, Taigi Kobayashi, Yoshio Nakamura, Noriyasu, Hideboh, Ron II, Omiya no Matsu, Suji, Ikki Goto, Yoshida Ayano, Muhômatsu, Toru Yonezu Direction: Takeshi Kitano, Hisao Ogura Production: Shin'ichi Nakatsuka Budget: $2,500,000Revenue: $34,196,922 Runtime: 1 h. 51 min. Score: 7.2/10 Votes: 891 Countries: France, Japan Companies: Office Kitano, Saito Entertainment, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual, Celluloid Dreams, dentsu, Shochiku Available* : Overview: 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.