Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,976 VOTES · DIR. Shintarō Katsu
Overview
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,013 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 Be grateful!
00:05:43 "The blind can never be thieves!"
00:08:00 I formally give it to you.
00:11:24 Get along hand in hand? No joke!
00:15:17 Pardon me.
00:18:12 I am...
00:21:41 Huh? What's this?
00:24:45 Hey!
00:28:16 This is the River Styx.
00:32:39 Even a woman...
00:41:13 To show me which way is Choshi?
00:44:29 So, you want to be a bodyguard?
00:51:06 "The Jongara song of the North."
00:54:29 And I cannot see...
01:03:08 And they insisted...
01:08:12 We'll laugh away the Marshal.
01:12:18 Any strangers?
01:15:37 Now's your chance.
01:19:37 Hi, there. What's your name?
01:22:15 Make the kid shut up!
01:26:00 Poor girl...
01:30:11 Yes.
01:34:35 Yes.
01:44:11 Damn you! Damn!
Cast & Characters
Shintarô Katsu
Zatôichi
Shintarô Katsu
Ichi, a zatô in the Tôdô-za
Kanako Higuchi
Boss Han Bosatsu
Takanori Jinnai
Inspector Hanshu
Ryûtarô Gan
Boss Goemon
Yûya Uchida
Boss Akabei
Toyomi Kusano
Ume
Tsurutarô Kataoka
Tsuru
Miho Nakayama
Ken Ogata
Rônin
Ken Ogata
Masterless samurai
Norihei Miki
Zatoichi's friend
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,013
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:44:11
Production Record
DirectorShintarō Katsu
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes1,976