In Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo, one of many Japanese samurai films starring the blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), he has to battle Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune), the title character from Akira Kurosawa's famous film. At the beginning of the film, Zatoichi is planning on retiring, yet his village is besieged by outlaws; eventually he fights, then ...
The legendary blind warrior discovers love and money have created divided alliances in this classic samurai film. After defeating a angry stranger he meets along the road, blind nomad Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) learns that a bounty is being offered for his head; despite the danger to himself, Zatoichi visits the mother of his victim and offers to ...
This Japanese adventure is the first in what would become a long series of films chronicling the many adventures of Zatoichi, the blind gambler and former samurai, who travels the islands of Japan to play dice games, give massages, and right any wrongs he runs across. In this outing, he finds himself trying to stop a terrible gang war in the ...
Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune bids farewell to the character he made famous in this tale of death and deception also starring Shintaro Katsu of Zatoichi fame. Hired to carry out a mysterious mission, Yojimbo (Mifune) is told to travel to a remote mountain pass and simply wait for something to happen. Upon arriving at a secluded tea house ...
Blind swordsman and masseur Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) does battle with a one-armed swordsman in this exciting installment of the Zatoichi film series. While traveling across the plains of Furukawa, the blind hero comes in contact with a one-armed swordsman, Wang Kang, and a child on the run from a band of bloodthirsty samurai. Taking refuge in ...
The blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) goes up against an ambitious crime boss who isn't above kidnapping and murder. He must rescue a fireworks specialist who has been kidnapped for his expertise with gunpowder as a weapon. This film tells us something of the origins of Zatoichi's training in martial arts, as a way of compensating for his ...
Kazuo Kuroki's Ronin-Gai transpires during the final years of the time when samurais figured prominently in Japanese society. The title town is filled with prostitutes and samurai who have been disgraced. The hedonistic warriors are presented with the possibility of redemption when the women of the town are threatened. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie ...
Misumi Kenji's Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire finds the famous blind swordsman becoming mixed up with a blind but powerful gangster. The town is a brutal place where women and children are regularly available to the highest bidder. Zatoichi takes a fancy to two local women, and this causes him to earn the ire of both two local men - one of them a ...
The blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) escapes from a gang of assassins with help from a group of blind pilgrims, but a woman is killed by mistake during their hunt for him. He finds her baby alive and vows to bring the child to its father in a story that plays like a medieval Japanese version of John Ford's Three Godfathers. The warrior ...
In this Japanese actioner a sightless swordsman and masseur living in feudal Japan begins working for a feudal lord preparing to battle his enemy. The swordsman is en route to his new employers when he is set upon by three of the enemy's men. The blind fellow's companion is killed, but he is able to hold his own and kill the raiders. He then ...
Mythical wandering swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) finds himself in dire straits after being duped into killing a man with a large gambling debt in the 19th chapter of the long-running samurai saga. Almost immediately after Zatoichi completes his mission of terminating the troublesome debtor, the man's sister arrives at the yakuza headquarters ...
In this Japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman Zatoichi runs across a childhood comrade who has grown up to be a cruel and powerful yakuza who mercilessly steals everything the peasants have. Fortunately, the super-perceptive Zatoichi soon takes care of him and his gang. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In this classic samurai tale, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) is a legendary swordsman whose feats of skill and cunning are all the more remarkable for the fact he cannot see. Zatoichi has tired of the warrior's life, and has returned to the village of his birth in search of peace and tranquility. Meanwhile, Zatoichi's former mentor Banno has arranged ...
This is the fifteenth installment in the series of humorous and bloody martial arts movies featuring the nearly supernatural skills of the resourceful blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi. In this movie, with casual skill, he yet again easily defeats the bad guys and never (never!) even comes close to losing his sang-froid, his ...
This is the 13th feature in the popular film series about the blind, sword-slashing masseur Zatoichi. He enters a town controlled by an evil gang and decides to free the people from the mob's ruthless criminal activities. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
In this, the second film in the acclaimed Blind Swordsman series, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the roving warrior and masseur, is hired to tend the weary muscles of a famous and powerful nobleman. However, Zatoichi learns that the nobleman is dangerous and unstable, and leaves in fear of his life. The nobleman's henchmen believe Zatoichi has learned ...
The great Zatoichi, gambler and ex-samurai extraordinaire, returns in this installment of the Japanese adventure series. This time, the blind warrior makes friends with another fighter/chess-player during a voyage to Honshu island to attend a gambling match on Mt. Fuji. Zatoichi's new friend finds the old master fascinating. The two become ...
In this Japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman Zatoichi is accused of assisting in the theft of a chest of gold. The gold represented the taxes of the local farmers and it was bound for the governor's office. Now the courageous samurai and the yakuza boss, who is also accused, must unite to prove their innocence. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie ...
In this Japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman Zatoichi is assigned to escort a little boy to his father's home. En route he is set upon by five killers. Using his super-sensitive powers of perception, he kills them. Later an enigmatic samurai joins them and helps fight off a second gang. Eventually they make it to the boy's hometown where ...
When a bullying group of criminals threatens to terrorize and take over the peaceful countryside, it is up to the blind swordsman, Zatoichi, to stop them. This film is in Japanese with English subtitles. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
When the blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) is thrown into jail in a gambling raid, he encounters a man who has been sentenced to death for a crime of which he isn't guilty. The blind warrior tries to help him upon his release. Following the trail to the guilty party, he crosses paths with the son of the man he is assisting, who is ...
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the blind swordsman, encounters an elderly man who claims to be his long-lost father. The nomadic warrior, who has never had any personal ties to anyone as an adult, believes that he may finally have found a bond with his past. Only later does he discover that the man is an imposter. In contrast to most of the movies in ...
In this renowned and classic Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa, the great Kabuki onnagata Kasuo Hasegawa celebrates his 300th film appearance in a role designed especially for him. One of the classic theater styles of Japan, Kabuki does not use women in female roles. Highly trained male actors, called "onnagata," perform in them, and are ...
A timeless tale of honor and revenge, The Loyal 47 Ronin tells the true story of a loyal group of samurai who plot revenge for their fallen master, all the while knowing that they will die after accomplishing their goal. The tragic cycle is set into motion when a powerful Lord commits seppuku after assaulting the court official who insulted him. ...
Shintaro Katsu once again plays the blind swordsman Ichi in this continuing series. The hero comes to the aid of peasants in a small town that is under the thumb of gangsters and corrupt government officials. The landowners are in cahoots with the mob, and it is up to Ichi to save the poor farmers and restore justice. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie ...
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