60th Venice Film Festival - Winner of Silver Lion (Special Director's Award)
BANDAI VISUAL, TOKYO FM, DENTSU, TV ASAHI, SAITO ENTERTAINMENT and OFFICE KITANO
present

ZATOICHI
a film by Takeshi Kitano

2003 - Japan - 116' - Color - 35mm - 1:85 - Dolby SRD

CAST

Beat Takeshi
Zatoichi

Tadanobu Asano
Hattori, the Ronin

Michiyo Ogusu
Oume

Yui Natsukawa
Hattori's Wife

Guadalcanal Taka
Shinkichi

Daigoro Tachibana
Osei, the Geisha

Yuko Daike
Okinu, the Geisha

Ittoku Kishibe
Ginzo

Saburo Ishikura
Ogiya

Akira Emoto Pub
Owner

CREW :

Written, Directed and Edited by
Takeshi Kitano

Executive Producer
Chieko Saito

Based on a short story by
Kan Shimozawa

Music
Keiichi Suzuki

Tap Dance Choreography
The Stripes

Costume Supervision
Yohji Yamamoto

Cinematographer
Katsumi Yanagishima

Lighting Designer
Hitoshi Takaya

Production Designer
Norihiro Isoda

Costume Designer
Kazuko Kurosawa

Sound Designer
Senji Horiuchi

Co-Editor
Yoshinori Ota

First Assistant Director
Takashi Matsukawa

Script Supervisor
Haru Shohara

Production Manager
Kensei Mori

Casting
Takefumi Yoshikawa

Producers
Masayuki Mori & Tsunehisa Saito

Co-producers
Masanori Sanada & Takio Yoshida

Line Producer
Shinji Komiya

a production of
BANDAI VISUAL, TOKYO FM, DENTSU, TV ASAHI, SAITO ENTERTAINMENT
and OFFICE KITANO