Japan Synopsis
座頭市関所破り
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Adventures of Zatoichi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Adventure + Action in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Adventures of Zatoichi itself).
The 1963–1965 Japan Window
Adventures of Zatoichi holds position #42 of 61 Japan films in the 1963–1965 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Adventures of Zatoichi premiered alongside 23 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 23 other Japan films in 1964.
The 208th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 52% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (52th percentile) outruns trending popularity (10th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Adventures of Zatoichi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- new year's eve · 5
- zatoichi · 21
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,134 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #982 of 1,216 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | December 30, 1964 |
| IMDb | tt0164984 |