Zatoichi the Outlaw

Zatoichi the Outlaw
Japanese name
Kanji座頭市牢破り
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnZatōichi rōyaburi
Directed bySatsuo Yamamoto
Written byKoji Matsumoto
Takehiro Nakajima
Kiyokata Saruwaka
Based onZatoichi
by Kan Shimozawa
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
StarringShintaro Katsu
Rentarō Mikuni
Kō Nishimura
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
Edited byKanji Suganuma
Music bySei Ikeno
Production
companies
Release date
  • 12 August 1967 (1967-08-12) (Japan)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Zatoichi the Outlaw (座頭市牢破り, Zatōichi rōyaburi) is a 1967 Japanese chambara film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures), and is the first film produced by Katsu Productions (Katsu's own company).

Zatoichi the Outlaw is the sixteenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi.