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With shintaro katsu, jushiro konoe, miwa takada, yukiji asaoka. Nov 25, 20 the first, the tale of zatoichi known as zatoichi monogatari in japan, appeared in 1974 and ran for 26 episodes. Sep 16, 2015 indeed, zatoichi challenged may not be the most poignant entry, but it brings everything we love about zatoichi to perfection. In this japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman zatoichi is assigned to escort a little boy to his fathers home. Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that its become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime bosss bodyguardtoshiro mifunes scruffy, smartmouthed, cashhungry yojimbo of. A tribute to the combat scenes and shintaro katsus deftness and all around awesomeness in the first 5 movies of the zatoichi series. Both are set during the late edo period 1830s and 1840s. Take kurosawas yojimbo character a misnomer, i know and throw him up against katsus zatoichi and you get nothing but samurai goodness. I was put off by a musical number near the beginningvery 1960s. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy shintaro katsu became an instant superstar, lending a largerthanlife presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who. Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.
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