Japan Synopsis
座頭市血笑旅
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fight, Zatoichi, Fight. 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 Fight, Zatoichi, Fight itself).
The 1963–1965 Japan Window
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight holds position #28 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 Fight, Zatoichi, Fight premiered alongside 23 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 23 other Japan films in 1964.
The 204th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
37 audience reviews — more than 57% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (57th percentile) outruns trending popularity (20th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gambler · 5
- masseuse · 2
- wanderer · 2
- zatoichi · 21
- blind · 12
- swordsman · 11
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- yakuza · 93
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,566 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #842 of 1,216 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | November 17, 1964 |
| IMDb | tt0123334 |