"The New Zatōichi Story: The Broken Cane (Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection)" DVD now on sale
Released and distributed by: Toho
©1972 TOHO CO.,LTD.
*Information as of February 2021.
Both of my hands are crushed and I can't hold the hidden staff!
How will Zatoichi fight the approaching yakuza?
An old woman falls to her death right in front of Zatoichi. Ichi comes to the entertainment district of Choshi to give the woman's shamisen, a keepsake, to her daughter. The daughter is a prostitute. Ichi buys her on behalf of the old woman and they begin living together. Kagiya Mangoro, who controls the area, is tying up fishermen for debts and trying to take the port for himself. When Mangoro learns that there is a 100 ryo bounty on Ichi, who lives with the woman, he tries to kill her! This is the first film in the series directed by Katsu Shintaro and features impressive, brilliant camerawork.
- Release (broadcast) year
- January 1972
- Director Name
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Shintaro Katsu
Japanese actor, singer, screenwriter, film director, film producer, and shamisen teacher.
- Performer
Zatōichi: 勝新太郎
Cotton: Kiwako Taichi
Kaede: Kyouko Yoshizawa
Tokiwa Kamijo (who is aka 'Tokiwa Kamijo') Joji Takagi
Ohama: Harukawa Masumi
Tokujiro Abouya: Yoshihiko Aoyama
Sukegoro Iioka: Hideharu Otaki
Kagiya Mangoro: Tomoo Koike
Inokichi: Fujioka Chongqing
Ihachi: Teruo Matsuyama
Hanazato: Kazuko Tajima
Shinkichi: Yasuhiro Koumi
Old woman: Naoe Fushimi
Ushimatsu: Yoshio NakamuraOther
*The actors in bold appeared at the locations listed below.
Filming location of this work
●The highlight is the action scenes, filmed on a large-scale open set that recreates a fishing village.
*Some scenes can be seen in the trailer (from 0:46, from 2:18)
Since ancient times, many movies and dramas have been shot here, and in the summer, the beach is bustling with people swimming. San'in Coast Geopark SpotTateyamaThere is a legend about Tateiwa, where a demon is said to have been sealed away.MajinThe mother of Prince Shotoku, from whom the place name "Taiza" originated,Statue of Empress Hashiudo and her child" and at the mouth of the Takeno River, there is a wooden "Weather Weather Bridge" is hung nearby.Roadside Station Tenkitenki TangoThere is also an auto camping site.
Highlights include scenes that would be nearly impossible to film today, such as the scene in which the village fishermen are saddened when their boats are burned by a villainous family that rules the local area.
*Some scenes can be seen in the trailer (from 0:46, from 2:18)
The beach on the opposite side of the Takeno River from the Taiji beach. Many movies and dramas have been shot here since ancient times, and it is a San'in Coast Geopark spot.TateyamaThere is a wooden rock called "Tateiwa" at the mouth of the Takeno River, which is said to have been used to seal away demons.Weather Weather Bridge" is hung nearby.Roadside Station Tenkitenki TangoThere is also an auto camping site.
●A scene in which Tokujiro (Aoyama Yoshihiko) and Ohama (Harukawa Masumi) watch through a shoji screen the village's ships being burned on the beach in front of Tateiwa.
*Part of the scene can be seen in the trailer (from 0:56)
This is a scenic spot where you can see the horizon of the Sea of Japan in a straight line. On the plateau below you can see Tateiwa Rock and a white sandy beach. There are 6 cave-in stone tombs dating from the end of the 7th century to the beginning of the 13th century.Burial moundsThe various excavated items are considered to be valuable materials that demonstrate the power of the Tango region at that time, and have been designated as cultural properties by Kyotango City.
