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Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)
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15 January 1970 (Japan)
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A legendary figure in Japan is Zatoichi - the blind masseur with healing hands and a swift sword.
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With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro...
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Martial Arts
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Katana Sword
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Sword Fight
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Zatoichi
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not the worst, not the best, but plenty good
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shintarô Katsu | ... | Zatoichi |
| Ayako Wakao | ... | Umeno |
| Osamu Takizawa | ... | Yasuke Eboshiya |
| Masakane Yonekura | ... | Boss Masagoro (as Sakatoshi Masakane) |
| Shin Kishida | ... | Kuzuryu |
| Kanjuro Arashi | ... | Hyoroku |
| Toshiyuki Hosokawa | ... | Sanaemon Goto |
| Shigeru Kôyama | ... | Jinzaburo Wakiya (as Shigeru Kamiyama) |
| Minoru Terada | ||
| Hideo Sunazuka | ||
| Daigo Kusano | ||
| Fujio Tokita | (as Fujio Tsuneda) | |
| Gen Kimura | ||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||
| Hiroto Kimura |
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79 min | USA:115 min
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Color (Daieicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Current prints have replaced the original Toho logo with the Daiei logo.
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Follows Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)
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this may not be the best zatoichi title, hindered by a complicated plot and an unusually long runtime (116 mins), but it's easily an 8/10 compared to other zatoichi films (1989's 'zatoichi' being the worst and a 1 out of 10). if you're a zatoichi fan you are not allowed to miss this one or you're out of the club.
shintaro katsu and toshiro mifune are in excellent form and their presence alone makes it worth seeing. both of them look great. mifune is in his post-kurosawa days, but still in his prime and his face is aged to perfection.
don't expect a kurosawa film––this series was made as entertainment, not art. of course yojimbo is a better film, but this is every bit as funny and entertaining.