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Release Date:
21 February 1973 (USA) moreUser Comments:
The darkest of the Zatoichi series moreCast
(Credited cast) | Shintarô Katsu | ... | Zatoichi |
| Kiwako Taichi | ... | Nishikigi |
| Kyoko Yoshizawa | ... | Kaede |
| Yasuhiro Koume | ... | Shinkichi |
| Katsuo Nakamura | ... | Ushimatsu |
| Asao Koike | ... | Boss Mangoro Kagiya |
| Joji Takagi | ... | Kamijo |
| Masumi Harukawa | ... | Hama |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yoshihiko Aoyama | ... | Takujiro |
| Yuutaroo Ban | ||
| Tamoisu Fujiharu | ||
| Jun Fujikawa | ||
| John Fujioka | ... | Kagiya yakuza |
| Ryuuji Fukui | ||
| Rokumaru Furukawa | ||
| Naoe Fushimi | ... | Nobu |
| Yuuji Hamada | ||
| Hideki Hanamura | ||
| Kimiko Ishii | ||
| Takuya Kitano | ||
| Shinkan Koume | ||
| Nobue Matsuoka | ||
| Teruo Matsuyama | ||
| Tatsu Mayama | ||
| Masami Mitsuboshi | ||
| Shoji Mori | ||
| Kazuo Mortuchi | ||
| Saburô Nagaoka | ||
| Tokio Oki | ||
| Hideji Otaki | ||
| Kiyono Sasaki | ||
| Junjiroo Shinseki | ||
| Kazuko Tajima | ... | Kimi |
| Takeshi Yabuchi | ... | Mangoro yakuza |
| Satoko Yamamura | ... | Prostitute |
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Zatoichi in Desperation is the most somber and darkest Zatoichi film that I have seen in the series, both in terms of photography and plot. It's interesting that Shintaro Katsu, who plays Zatoichi, was the director. He was certainly going for a different look and style and got it. Most of the scenes are darkly lit and there is a claustrophobic feeling to the shots. The bad guys, composed of the local yakuza (gangster) mob, are meaner than usual and the body count of innocent villagers is far higher than usual. Zatoichi himself also suffers more at the hands of the evil doers than usual. This was the next to last entry (#24) in the series before the 17 year hiatus between #25 and 26. Things get back into the more typical Zatoichi style in #25. This film would have been appropriate as the last in the series. It has the feeling of "an ending". A very interesting entry, but not one of my favorites. As always, recommended for Zatoichi fans.