Japan Synopsis
新・座頭市物語
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with New Tale of Zatoichi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Tale of Zatoichi itself).
The 1962–1964 Japan Window
New Tale of Zatoichi holds position #29 of 58 Japan films in the 1962–1964 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 New Tale of Zatoichi premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Japan films in 1963.
The 174th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 64% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (24th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on New Tale of Zatoichi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- zatoichi · 21
- japan · 454
- murder · 155
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- period drama · 37
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,545 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,013 of 1,714 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | March 15, 1963 |
| IMDb | tt0057503 |