New Tale of Zatoichi

New Tale of Zatoichi
Shin Zatôichi monogatari
Directed by Tokuzô Tanaka
Screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka
Story by Kan Shimosawa
Starring Shintarô Katsu
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography Chishi Makiura
Studio Daiei
Distributed by Daiei
Release date(s) 15 March 1963 (1963-03-15)
Running time 91 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

The New Tale Of Zatoichi (Japanese: Shin Zatôichi monogatari) is a Japanese film, the third entry from the popular Zatoichi series completing the trilogy. The film is the first Zatoichi film to be in colour.[1]

Contents

Plot

Zatoichi travels to his old village in spite of looking for peace and stop the killing but the brother of boss kanbei wants to put an end to Zatoichi's life where he meets his old master who tries to get his younger sister married to a respectable samurai but she fall in love with zatoichi, whilst his master becomes corrupt, due to financial troubles and results into kidnapping which puts zatoichi into a moral dilemma.

Cast

  • Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
  • Mikiko Tsubouchi as Yayoi
  • Seizaburô Kawazu as Banno
  • Fujio Suga as Yasuhiko
  • Mieko Kondo as Inn keeper's wife
  • Chitose Maki as Tame's wife

Availability

The New Tale Of Zatoichi was released in 1963 and was made available on DVD on October 22, 2002.[2]

Reception

The film gathered two fresh reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and like the previous installments it spawned a number of sequels.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shin Zatôichi monogatari (1963) - Trivia - IMDb
  2. ^ Zatoichi, Episode 3: New Tale of Zatoichi - DVD - AllRovi
  3. ^ Zatoichi - The New Tale of Zatoichi - Rotten Tomatoes

External links

v · Zatoichi
Films
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) · The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) · New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) · Zatoichi The Fugitive (1963) · Zatoichi on the Road (1963) · Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) · Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) · Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) · Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) · Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) · Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) · Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) · Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966) · Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) · Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967) · Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) · Zatoichi Challenged (1967) · Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) · Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) · Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) · Zatoichi, The Festival Of Fire (1970) · Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman (1971) · Zatoichi at Large (1972) · Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) · Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) · Zatoichi, Darkness Is His Ally (1989) · Zatōichi (2003)
Television series

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