Zatôichi (座頭市), also known as Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi, is a 1989 Japanese Chambara film directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, who also produced and co-wrote the screenplay. It is the twenty-sixth entry in a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi, released 16 years after the twenty-fifth film in the series Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973). The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period.

Zatoichi (1989)
Directed by Shintarô Katsu
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama |
Release Date - Feb 4, 1989 |
Run Time - 116 min. |
Countries - Japan |
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Samurai
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Based On: Zatoichi
Alternate Titles
l'odyssée finale
FR
La légende de Zatoïchi - L'odyssée finale
FR
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi
US
Zatōichi
JP
Zatoichi
GB, US
Zatoichi '89
US
Zatôichi 26
JP
Zatoichi Twenty Six
AU
Zatoichi, o tyflos samurai
GR
Zatoichi: A Escuridão é sua Aliada
BR
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
US
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
DE, GB, US
Затоичи
RU
座頭市(1989)
JP