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Kan Shimosawa (1892–1968)

Kan Shimozawa graduated from the Department of Law of the University of Meiji. Then he decided to be a journalist and joined reputed Yomiuri Shinbun and later Tokyo Gendai. In the 20s he began to write novels and focused in period aventure dramas. From 1931 his novels were converted into movies (there are more than 100 film adaptations)... See full bio »

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(age 76)

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2008 Ichi (story and characters)
 
1989 Zatôichi (story)
 
1974 Zatôichi monogatari (TV series)
 
1973 Zatoichi's Conspiracy (story)
 
1972 Zatoichi in Desperation (story)
 
1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (characters)
 
1968 Samaritan Zatoichi (story)
 
1968 Zatoichi and the Fugitives (writer)
 
1967 Zatoichi Challenged (story)
 
1967 Zatoichi the Outlaw (story)
 
1967 Zatoichi's Cane-sword (story)
 
1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance (story)
 
1965 Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (story)
 
1965 Zatoichi's Revenge (story)
 
1964 Adventures of Zatoichi (story)
 
1964 Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (stories)
 
1964 Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (story)
 
1963 Zatoichi on the Road (story)
 
1963 Zatoichi the Fugitive (story)
 
1963 New Tale of Zatoichi (story)
 
1963 Shinsengumi Chronicles (based on the novel by)
 
1962 The Tale of Zatoichi (short story)
 
1955 Ryanko no Yatarô (story)
 
1952 Suttobi kago (story)
 
1950 Sengoku-matoi (story)
 
1933 Bad Luck (story)
 
1931 Katana no naka no chichi (story)
 

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Shinsengumi Chronicles -- As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict. Zatôichi -- This is a blood-stained epic that shows the frailties of a man at odds with the Bushido Code.  After being released from jail, Zatoichi  finds himself caught between two rival bands of yakuza.
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