Zatoichi in Desperation

International Title

Japanese Title

新座頭市物語: 折れた杖
[Shin Zatoichi Monogatari: Oreta tsue]

Production: Katsu Productions
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 1972
	Time: 95 minutes

Initial US Title

Zatoichi in Desperation

US Distributor: -Toho (1973)	Time: 92 minutes
Alternate Movie Titles:
New Zatoichi Story: Broken Cane [Literal Translation] The Legend of Zatoichi: The Wound [French]
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Staff
Directed by Shintaro Katsu Writing credits Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimosawa Produced byShintaro Katsu, Yoshinobu Nishioka Music by Kunihiko Murai Cinematography by Fujiro Morita Film Editing by Toshio Taniguchi Production Design by Seiichi Ota
Cast
Zatoichi Shintaro Katsu Nishikigi Kiwako Taichi Kaede Kyoko Yoshizawa Shinkichi Yasuhiro Koume Ushimatsu Katsuo Nakamura Boss Mangoro Kagiya Asao Koike Shijo Tokiwa Joji Takagi Ohama Masumi Harukawa Prostitute Satoko Yamamura Takujiro Yoshihiko Aoyama Mangoro Yakuza Takeshi Yabuuchi Kagiya Yakuza John Fujioka Kimi Kazuko Tajima Nobu Naoe Fushimi - Yuuji Hamada - Hideki Hanamura - Kimiko Ishii - Takuya Kitano - Shinkan Koume - Nobue Matsuoka - Teruo Matsuyama - Tatsu Mayama - Masami Mitsuboshi - Shoji Mori - Kazuo Mortuchi - Saburo Nagaoka - Tokio Oki - Kiyono Sasaki - Junjiroo Shinseki - Ryuuji Fukui - Rokumaru Furukawa - Yuutaroo Ban - Tamoisu Fujiharu - Jun Fujikawa - Hideji Otaki
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	None

Posters

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DVDs and Blu-Ray

Region 1 Zatoichi in Desperation AnimEigo (2005)
Region 2 New Zatoichi Story: Broken Cane Toho (2010)
Blu-Ray Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Set Criterion (2013)

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