| Shin Zatôichi monogatari | |
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| Directed by | Tokuzô Tanaka |
| Screenplay by | Minoru Inuzuka |
| Story by | Kan Shimosawa |
| Starring | Shintarô Katsu Mikiko Tsubouchi |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Chishi Makiura |
| Studio | Daiei |
| Distributed by | Daiei |
| Release date(s) | 15 March 1963 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The New Tale Of Zatoichi (Japanese: Shin Zatôichi monogatari) is a Japanese film, the third entry from the popular Zatoichi series completing the trilogy. The film is the first Zatoichi film to be in colour.[1]
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Zatoichi travels to his old village in spite of looking for peace and stop the killing but the brother of boss kanbei wants to put an end to Zatoichi's life where he meets his old master who tries to get his younger sister married to a respectable samurai but she fall in love with zatoichi, whilst his master becomes corrupt, due to financial troubles and results into kidnapping which puts zatoichi into a moral dilemma.
The New Tale Of Zatoichi was released in 1963 and was made available on DVD on October 22, 2002.[2]
The film gathered two fresh reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and like the previous installments it spawned a number of sequels.[3]
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