06 Sep 2003
Zatoichi
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Eight Views of Samurai
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan.
Top Billed Cast
市川右太衛門 
里見浩太朗 
長谷川裕見子 
雪代敬子 
進藤英太郎 
志村喬 
千秋実 
堺駿二 
藤田進 
加賀邦男 
阿部九洲男 
宇佐美淳 Chinami Katsuura 石井一雄 
徳大寺伸 Junko Takashima 
風見章子 吉田恵利子 Ririko Nishitsuji 矢奈木邦二郎
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