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Zatoichi
	Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed by	Takeshi Kitano
Produced by	Masayuki Mori; Tsunehisa Sait?;
Screenplay by	Takeshi Kitano
Based on	Zatoichi (novel); by Kan Shimozawa
Starring	Takeshi Kitano; Tadanobu Asano; Yui Natsukawa;
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki
Cinematography	Katsumi Yanagishima
Edited by	Takeshi Kitano; Yoshinori ?ta;
Production; company	Bandai Visual; Tokyo FM; Dentsu; TV Asahi; Sait? Entertainment; Office Kitano;
Distributed by	Shochiku; Office Kitano;
Release date	2 September 2003 (Venice); 6 September 2003 (Japan); ; ; ;
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$32.3 million

Zatoichi (???, Zat?ichi) (released in the US as The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) is a 2003 Japanese samurai drama/action film, directed, written, co-edited and starring Takeshi Kitano ("Beat" Takeshi) in his eleventh directorial venture. Kitano plays the role of the blind swordsman.

The film is a revival of the classic Zatoichi series of samurai film and television dramas. It premiered on 2 September 2003 at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Silver Lion for Best Director award, and went on to numerous other awards both at home and abroad. It also stars Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusu, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuko Daike, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura and Akira Emoto.

Screenplay

The film's plot follows a traditional theme, with Zatoichi (a blind swordsman) coming to the defense of townspeople caught up in a local yakuza gang war and being forced to pay excessive amounts of protection money. Meanwhile, Zatoichi befriends a local farmer and her gambler nephew and eventually offers his assistance to two geisha siblings (one of whom is actually a man) who are seeking revenge for the murder of their parents. The siblings are the only survivors of a robbery and massacre that was carried out on their family estate ten years ago. They soon discover the people responsible for the murders are the same yakuza wreaking havoc on the small town.

After slicing his way through an army of henchmen with his sword, Zatoichi defeats the yakuza's bodyguard, a powerful r?nin, in a duel. Zatoichi later wanders into town and confronts the yakuza bosses, killing the second-in-command and blinding the elderly yakuza boss (who had been masquerading as a bumbling old waiter up until this point) after surprising him by opening his eyes. The film ends with a dance number led by noted Japanese tap dance troupe The Stripes, and Zatoichi walking down a trail and tripping over a rock, saying "Even with my eyes wide open, I can't see anything."

Takeshi Kitano as Zatoichi
Tadanobu Asano as the r?nin Hattori Gennosuke
Michiyo Okusu as O-ume, the farmer
Yui Natsukawa as O-shino, Hattori's wife
Daigoro Tachibana as O-sei
Taichi Saotome as young O-sei
Y?ko Daike as O-kinu
Guadalcanal Taka as Shinkichi
Ittoku Kishibe as Ginzo
Saburo Ishikura as Ogiya
Akira Emoto as Owner

Kitano revealed that he was approached by others to create the film and therefore differed from his own techniques and followed the common filmmaking process in order to please them and make a pure-entertainment film.

This film marks Kitano's first collaboration with composer Keiichi Suzuki, ending an eleven-year streak with Joe Hisaishi. The director said he made the decision feeling that the film needed percussion-based music and that Hisaishi is not a flexible composer, and also suggested that Hisaishi had become too expensive for him. Costumes were created by Kazuko Kurosawa.

The film grossed US$23.8 million in Japan. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave Zatoichi 4 out of 5 stars. Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye praised the films as "pure cinematic magic". Allan Tong of Exclaim! said, "when Zatoichi is on screen, the film erupts with brilliant fury in unforgettable action sequences". On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film had a positive approval rating of 86% based on 124 reviews.

2003, September 6, Venice Film Festival, Silver Lion for Best Direction, Venice
2003, Audience Award Leone Del Pubblico, Venice
2003, September 14, 28th International Toronto International Film Festival, Audience Award AGF People's Choice Award, Toronto
2003, London Film Festival
2004, February 20, Japan Academy Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Music, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording, Tokyo