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Zatōichi is a 2003 Japanese action drama film directed, written, and edited by Takeshi Kitano. The cast includes Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, and Yūko Daike. Produced by Masayuki Mori, the movie was filmed in Japan and features cinematography by Katsumi Yanagishima. The original Japanese title is 座頭市.
The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released on September 6, 2003. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4 from 53,145 votes and a Metascore of 75. The Rotten Tomatoes rating is 87%. The production involved companies such as Office Kitano and Bandai Visual, with a budget of 2,500,000 and revenue of 34,196,922. It was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film.
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7.2Blind 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.
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Zatoichi / Ichi
- Tadanobu Asano as Hattori Genosuke
- Michiyo Yasuda as Tante Oume
- Yui Natsukawa as Oshino
- Guadalcanal Taka as Shinkichi
- Daigorô Tachibana as Geisha Seitaro O-Sei Naruto
Themes
- martial arts
- japan
- samurai
- sword
- geisha
- blackmail
- revenge
- blind
- jidaigeki
- aggressive
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
53,145 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 24 wins & 15 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Zatoichi
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Screenwriter
- Takeshi Kitano
- Cast member
- Akira Emoto
- Composer
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Producer
- Masayuki Mori
- Production company
- Rai 2
- Cinematographer
- Katsumi Yanagishima
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 651313
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.office-kitano.co.jp/zatoichi/en/index.html
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- publication date
- 2003-00-00
- film editor
- Takeshi Kitano
- title
- 座頭市
- costume designer
- Yohji Yamamoto
- box office
- 1118163
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75/100
- characters
- Zatoichi
- set in period
- Edo period
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