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Posted on January 13, 2014 |
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy / Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri / Zatôichi 25 (1973)
Action | Drama
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on January 8, 2014 |
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Zatoichi in Desperation / Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue / Zatôichi 24 (1972)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Star Shintaro Katsu sits in the director's chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the Zatoichi series, which is unlike any other in its grind-house grimness. A tale of innocence corrupted by sadistic, sleazy criminality, the film is propelled by Easy Rider-esque editing and a trippy seventies funk score by Kunihiko Murai.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Shintarô Katsu
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Posted on January 5, 2014 |
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Zatoichi at Large / Zatôichi goyô-tabi / Zatôichi 23 (1972)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her fate.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Mori
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Posted on January 3, 2014 |
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman / Shin zatô Ichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken / Zatôichi 22 (1971)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsmen find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and language barriers leading to misunderstandings keep the two kindred spirits apart?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on January 2, 2014 |
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival / Zatôichi abare-himatsuri / Zatôichi 21 (1970)
Action | Adventure | Drama
In a town where women are bought and sold, Zatôichi stumbles upon a secret organization headed by Yamikubo, the Dark Imperial Lord. The "Boss of Bosses, blind like Zatôichi, takes an interest in the masseur, guiding him on the path of destiny and the duty of the sightless. However, a chance encounter with two beautiful women might be the end of Zatôichi, as both a jealous husband and the town Yakuza want his head!
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on January 1, 2014 |
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo / Zatôichi to Yôjinbô / Zatôichi 20 (1970)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Ichi seeking peace in a village he remembers fondly, finds it a changed place, controlled by Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have gold stolen from the shogunate. The boss has hired a hard-drinking Yojimbo as his enforcer, but he in turn is both a spy tracking the gold for the shogunate, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress. Ichi works as the merchant's masseur and buys the mistress' freedom with his employer's own money. This upsets Yojimbo. With the two heroes quarreling will they kill each other or become allies fighting for the same cause?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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Posted on January 1, 2014 |
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Samaritan Zatoichi / Zatôichi kenka-daiko / Zatôichi 19 (1968)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 30, 2013 |
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives / Zatôichi hatashi-jô / Zatôichi 18 (1968)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi becomes involved with a gang of bandits hiding out in a small village. While they hide in the attic of a silk mill, they manipulate the corrupt chief official of the town. Simultaneously Zatoichi tries to rescue a young woman from the sweatshop conditions of the mill. Eventually he must confront not only the leaders of the town but the outlaw gang in battle.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 28, 2013 |
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Zatoichi Challenged / Zatôichi chikemuri kaidô / Zatôichi 17 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save tha man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town .
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 25, 2013 |
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Zatoichi the Outlaw / Zatôichi rôyaburi / Zatôichi 16 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this house's seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the groundwork for a ruthless money-grabbing scheme. The sixteenth Zatoichi film is the first from its star's own Katsu Productions, and is one of the series' most daring.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
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Posted on December 24, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword / Zatôichi tekka tabi / Zatôichi 15 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Combining violent action with slapstick comedy, Zatôichi's Cane Sword is a superb example of samurai filmmaking. The village of Tonda is ruled by violent and unscrupulous yakuza, and Zatôichi takes it upon himself to clean up the town. The film blends brilliant color photography with breathtaking action sequences while offering a look into Zatôichi's past, as the blind swordsman learns the origin of his famous cane sword, and discovers it may soon fail in battle.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 22, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage / Zatôichi umi o wataru / Zatôichi 14 (1966)
Drama
Ichi seeks out on a pilgrimage to 81 temples, exploring spirituality to atone for his bloody past. On the way, Ichi stumbles into a village that's being bullied by a violent Yakuza boss and his henchmen. After killing a young, hired assassin, Ichi is led back to the young man's village by his peculiar horse. Upon learning that her brother is dead, Okichi (Yasuda Michiyo) grabs a sword and attacks Ichi, either in an attempt to avenge her brother or in an attempt to commit suicide by forcing Ichi to defend himself. After injuring Ichi, Okichi tends to his wounds, nurses him back to health, and begins to have feelings for him. The Yakuza boss still wants Ichi dead in order to take over the village and now Ichi alone must deal with the boss and his gang, the young woman's feelings and a village full of cowards, who will not stand up for themselves!
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 21, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Vengeance / Zatôichi no uta ga kikoeru / Zatôichi 13 (1966)
Drama
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 20, 2013 |
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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert / Zatôichi Jigoku tabi / Zatôichi 12 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is a visual feast of swordplay and relentless action. The blind swordsman befriends a wandering, chess-loving, battle-thirsty samurai and helps a young girl who has been accidentally wounded in a brutal sword fight. This spectacular film, photographed in gorgeous color and directed by samurai specialist Kenji Misumi, shows Zatoichi at his best: battling rival yakuza and angry relatives seeking retribution.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 19, 2013 |
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man / Zatôichi sakate giri / Zatôichi 11 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Mori
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Posted on December 18, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Revenge / Zatôichi nidan-kiri / Zatôichi 10 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
When a scheme to enslave young women into forced prostitution causes his old master to be murdered in cold blood, Ichi sets mercy aside until his vengeance is meted out and the young women are set free.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Akira Inoue
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Posted on December 18, 2013 |
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Adventures of Zatoichi / Zatôichi sekisho yaburi / Zatôichi 9 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 12, 2013 |
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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight / Zatôichi kesshô-tabi / Zatôichi 8 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 9, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword / Zatôichi abare tako / Zatôichi 7 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 9, 2013 |
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold / Zatôichi senryô-kubi / Zatôichi 6 (1964)
Action | Drama
In the 1840s, Ichi, blind masseur and quick-draw swordsman, travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years' ago. The villages in the area, after several years of famine, have struggled to raise 1,000 ryo in taxes they owe. The money is stolen while in transit to the governor. Ichi is accused as is Boss Chuji, a samurai Ichi respects. Ichi sets out to find the money and clear his own and Chuji's names. Along the way, he must face Kichizo's sister, some of Chuji's own gang, a corrupt governor, and his henchmen. Loyalties shift even as Ichi's moral compass stays true.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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