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Zatôichi monogatari (1962)
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18 April 1962 (Japan)
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Plot:
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. | full synopsis
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I'll watch this kind of movie over most big studio stuff any day
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shintarô Katsu | ... | Zatôichi / Blind Man Ichi / Masseur Ichi |
| Masayo Banri | ... | Tane / Tatekichi's sister / Seisuke's ex-lover |
| Ryuzo Shimada | ... | Shigezô of Sasagawa / Sasagawa yakuza boss |
| Hajime Mitamura | ... | Hanji of Matsugishi |
| Shigeru Amachi | ... | Hirate, Miki |
| Chitose Maki | ... | Yoshi / Hanji's wife |
| Ikuko Môri | ... | Yutaka / Shigezô's wife |
| Michirô Minami | ... | Tatekichi / Tane's brother / Saki's lover / Iioka yakuza member |
| Eijirô Yanagi | ... | Sukegorô of Iioka / Iioka yakuza boss |
| Toshio Chiba | ... | Masakichi / Iioka yakuza member (as Toshirô Chiba) |
| Manabu Morita | ... | Seisuke / Tane's ex-lover / Iioka yakuza member |
| Yoichi Funaki | ... | Yogorô / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Kinya Ichikawa | ... | Mokichi / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Eigoro Onoe | ... | Rihei / Sasagawa yakuza member |
| Yoshito Yamaji | ... | Yahei / Father of Tane and Tatekichi |
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Also Known As:
The Tale of Zatoichi (USA) (video title)
Zatôichi 1 (Japan) (informal title)
Zatoichi: The Life and Opinion of Masseur Ichi
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Zatôichi 1 (Japan) (informal title)
Zatoichi: The Life and Opinion of Masseur Ichi
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96 min | USA:95 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Zatôichi:
[after asking Zatoichi what she would do with having so much children] Just don't raise them to be gangsters.
Tane: I won't... But why do you say that?
Zatôichi: Because to be a gangster is a foolish way to live.
Tane: Then why don't you live a decent life?
Zatôichi: It's like being stuck in a bog; it's not easy to pull yourself you once you've fallen in.
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Tane: I won't... But why do you say that?
Zatôichi: Because to be a gangster is a foolish way to live.
Tane: Then why don't you live a decent life?
Zatôichi: It's like being stuck in a bog; it's not easy to pull yourself you once you've fallen in.
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Referenced in Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003) (TV)
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A tale of warring townships and two strong characters who cant help but being pawns in a horrible game of carnage. Set in rural Japan in feudal times the setting is beautiful.
Too bad the camera works don't quite follow up. The scope is 70mm (or close to it), but I could settle with less if the cameraman (I suspect they didn't have one) didn't cut off the heads all the time. The use of zoom-lens sometimes works and sometimes don't. One time zooming in on Tane-san for instance was very dramatic. Intense was also the battle scenes. Very good.
Zatoichi is a good character and the actor playing him is fitting. The story is good and makes for an intriguing film despite some flaws. In all respects I think its inferior to Sanjuro though.
This is my first Zatoichi and I will check out other entries in the series for sure (at least the Kitano "Zatoichi" from 2003 is easy to get hold on).