Japan,
1977, 169 min
Directed by:
Shirô MoritaniScreenplay:
Shinobu HashimotoCast:
Rentarô Mikuni, 菅井きん, Ken Takakura, Ken Ogata, Mariko Kaga, Kinya Kitaôji, Tetsurô Tamba, Komaki Kurihara, Ben Hiura, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Akira Hamada (more)Cast
![Rentarô Mikuni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272791_ba5bb5.jpg)
Rentarô Mikuni
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Harakiri (1962)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
菅井きん
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
High and Low (1963)
This Transient Life (1970)
![Ken Takakura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275644_fd95f2.jpg)
Ken Takakura
Japan
Best movies:
Antarctica (1983)
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
![Ken Ogata](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/407/407738_427001.jpg)
Ken Ogata
Japan
Best movies:
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
![Mariko Kaga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424225_511ccf.jpg)
Mariko Kaga
Japan
Best movies:
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Love Letter (1995)
Pale Flower (1964)
![Kinya Kitaôji](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/165/164165567_48d20a.jpg)
Kinya Kitaôji
Japan
Best movies:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deathmatch in Hiroshima (1973)
One Piece Film Gold (2016)
Asura (2012)
Tetsurô Tamba
Japan
Best movies:
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Harakiri (1962)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
![Komaki Kurihara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/535/159535254_83f9a2.jpg)
Komaki Kurihara
Japan
Best movies:
Inn of Evil (1971)
Sandakan hačibanšokan bókjó (1974)
Moskva, lyubov moya (1974)
![Ben Hiura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/740/159740979_811593.jpg)
Ben Hiura
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
Keiju Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Sanjuro (1962)
![Yûzô Kayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/410/160410775_874eb7.jpg)
Yûzô Kayama
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Red Beard (1965)
Sanjuro (1962)
![Akira Hamada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/638/160638541_cad67b.jpg)
Akira Hamada
Japan
Best movies:
Kill! (1968)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Bayside Shakedown (1998)
![前田吟](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/918/160918420_6b4745.jpg)
前田吟
Japan
Best movies:
The Floating Castle (2012)
R100 (2013)
![大滝秀治](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/948/160948886_1abbfa.jpg)
大滝秀治
Japan
Best movies:
Our Mother (2008)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
Makoto Ohtake
Japan
Best movies:
Brother (2000)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Otakus in Love (2004)
加藤嘉
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Immortal Love (1961)
![Jun Hamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/430/161430946_aaacb0.jpg)
Jun Hamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
High and Low (1963)
![藤岡琢也](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/456/161456275_d12ebb.jpg)
藤岡琢也
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Ken'ichi Katô
Japan