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The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. Director. Kenji Misumi. Writers. Minoru Inuzuka. Kan Shimozawa. Stars. Shintarô Katsu. Masayo Banri. Ryûzô Shimada. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.59. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 8.1K users. 36 User reviews. 49 Critic reviews.
- (6K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Kenji Misumi
- 1962-04-18
A warrior (Shintaro Katsu) pursues yakuza members who murdered a girl's father.
- (21)
- Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Action, Adventure
- Shintarô Katsu
- The Tale of Zatoichi. April 18, 1962. The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
- The Tale of Zatoichi Continues. October 12, 1962. Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
- New Tale of Zatoichi. March 15, 1963. Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
- Zatoichi the Fugitive. August 9, 1963. After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Senior Author
- 'Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo' (1970) Yojimbo is one of the most well-known Akira Kurosawa samurai films, perhaps ranked only behind movies like Seven Samurai, Ran, and Rashomon.
- 'Zatoichi the Outlaw' (1967) The Zatoichi series slowly got more violent as it went along, with Zatoichi the Outlaw representing a step-up in the blood department.
- 'Samaritan Zatoichi' (1968) Samaritan Zatoichi was the 19th movie in the series, and was the final Zatoichi film released in the 1960s. The series took a long hiatus by its standards after the release of this film, seeing as no Zatoichi film came out in 1969, and audiences had to wait until 1970 for the 20th entry in the series.
- 'Zatoichi’s Vengeance' (1966) Zatoichi got revenge in 1965, with Zatoichi's Revenge, and then in 1966 (during the 13th movie), he decided he wanted to get some vengeance as well.
Adventures of Zatoichi: Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. With Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Takashiro, Kichijirô Ueda. The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.
- (1.5K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- 1964-12-30
As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
Promising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence.
