Shintaro Katsu
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Shintaro Katsu was a Japanese actor, singer, and filmmaker. He is known for starring in the Akumyo series, the Hoodlum Soldier series, the Hanzo the Razor series, and the Zatoichi series.
(Shintaro Katsu in 1955)
Shintaro Katsu with his entire family—his parents and older brother—at the inauguration tea party of The Supporters' Association for Shintaro Katsu in Tokyo, 1956.
Zatoichi (1989 film)
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Zatôichi, also known as Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi, is a 1989 Japanese Chambara film directed by and starring Shintaro Katsu, who also
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…the husband of actress Tamao Nakamura (married in 1962), and father of actor Ryutaro Gan (Gan Ryūtarō). Stunt actor Yukio Kato was killed on the set of the 26th Zatoichi film by Katsu's son, who was co-starring, when an actual sword was mistaken for a prop, fatally wounding Kato. In her biographical book The Flower Warfare…
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