The Movies Database

Movie: "Zatôichi monogatari" (1974)

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• Release Date: 3 October 1974 (Japan)
• Run Time: 45 min (100 episodes)
• Country: Japan
• Genre: Action , Drama

Trivia: His direction of the episode “The Kannon Statue That Was Tied” was the final directing job for Kenji Misumi. It was also the only episode of this television series that he directed. He was the director of the original Zatoichi feature film “Zatoichi Monogatari” (1962). He died the following year at the age of 54.