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Overview. 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.
- The Tale of Zatoichi
- New Tale of Zatoichi
- Zatoichi on The Road
- Zatoichi and The Chest of Gold
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
- Zatoichi The Outlaw
- Samaritan Zatoichi
- Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
- Zatoichi Goes to The Fire Festival
- Zatoichi in Desperation
Story: In his first adventure, Zatoichi finds himself caught in the middle of a turf war between two yakuza clans. After being recruited by the oyabun Sukegoro (Eijiro Yanagi), he befriends ronin Hirate Miki (Shigeru Amachi) who is suffering from tuberculosis. Unfortunately, they are fighting on opposing sides. Thus, the two master swordsmen know t...
Story: In Zatoichi’s first outing in color, Zatoichi returns to his home village. Arriving, Zatoichi meets up with his mentor and sword teacher Banno (Seizaburo Kawazu) and promptly falls in love with the latter’s daughter, Yayoi (Mikiko Tsubouchi). Zatoichi decides to settle down and marry Yayoi, but her father can’t overcome Ichi’s low social sta...
Story: In the the fifth Zatoichi adventure, Ichi has to guard a rich merchant’s daughter (Shiho Fujimura) to safety. Threatened by two opposing yakuza clans and pursued by violent samuraifor refusing their lord’s advances, the girl is in grave danger. After having saved her from the girls’ certain doom, Zatoichi vows to bring her back home. Why You...
Story: The sixth entry has Zatoichi trying to retrieve a chest of gold containing the taxes that a poor town’s folk had to pay to corrupt government officials. Supported by the legendary outlaw Chuji Kunisada (Shogo Shimada), he tries to help the villagers. However, his mission dares to fail when he encounters a cruel ronin(Tomisaburo Wakayama) who...
Story: The eighth entry in the series follows Zatoichi’s quest to protect a newborn baby after the baby’s mother was killed by members of the yakuza who attacked a palanquin believing it to be carrying Ichi. The blind swordsman meets the pickpocketed Ko (Hizuru Takachiho) who agrees to join Ichi on his way to return the baby to its father. Why You ...
Story: In entry number sixteen, Zatoichi helps a group of farmers organised in a labor union to fend off a yakuza clan in favor of the seemingly reform-minded yakuza boss Asagoro (Rentaro Mikuni). After returning to the village to save the young girl, Oyuki (Kayo Mikimoto), from prostitution, Ichi learns that Asagoro has begun to oppress the peasan...
Story: The nineteenth entry has Zatoichi kill an indebted man for an evil yakuzaclan in order to clear his own debts. As soon as he has cut him down, however, the young man’s spouse (Yoshiko Mita) emerges to pay off her husband’s loan. Angrily, Zatoichi steps in when the gang member decide to prostitute the girl as interest for her dead lover’s loa...
Story: In the twentieth Zatoichi film, the titular blind gambler encounters a cynical ronin (Toshiro Mifune), who works as yojimbo(“bodyguard”) for a yakuza boss planning to overtake the fortune of his greedy merchant father (Osamu Takizawa). Soon Zatoichi finds himself embroiled in a life-threatening turf war… Why You Should Watch It: With a runni...
Story: In entry twenty-one, Zatoichi faces off against the devilish blind oyabun Yamikubo (Masayuki Mori), who controls every other yakuza clan in the region. Furthermore, Zatoichi also has to fight off a psychopathic ronin (Tatsuya Nakadai) who wrongly believes that Zatoichi has slept with his wife and has to show the flamboyant yakuzason Umeji (P...
Story: In entry number twenty-four, Zatoichi promises to bring an old woman’s shamisen to her daughter in a nearby village after he has witnessed the woman’s demise. Arriving there, Ichi learns that the daughter has to work as a prostitute for a yakuza clan. Ichi decides to free the girl from the hands of her cruel pimps. Why You Should Watch It: F...
Synopsis. 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.
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- Daiei Film
- Kenji Misumi
The blood in the film has been described by many as being "too CGI". Kitano did this intentionally, wanting to "soften the shock to the audience" due to the high body count. Kitano told the CGI artist he wanted the blood to "look like flowers blossoming across the screen."
Nov 25, 2013 · But in Zatoichi’s Daiei period, blood was notably scarce, giving the grand finales of swordsmanship an abstract and balletic quality, accentuated by whatever elements of snowfall or water or woodland darkness or firelight came into play to shape their atmosphere.
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.
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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.
