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Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 92 mins · Japanese
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- Starring
- Hideji Ôtaki, Katsuo Nakamura, Masumi Harukawa, Teruo Matsuyama, Shintarō Katsu, Asao Koike
After inadvertently causing an elderly woman's death, the wandering swordsman Zatoichi seeks redemption by purchasing the freedom of her daughter, who is held in a brothel. His well‑meaning act, however, drags him into a tangled web of new dangers and obligations that prove far more troublesome than the original tragedy.
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