Zatoichi the Fugitive

Original title: Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.9K

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A yakuza gang targets the blind masseur Zatoichi after he defeats their group in a wrestling match. Meanwhile a long lost love of Zatoichi's returns to his life.A yakuza gang targets the blind masseur Zatoichi after he defeats their group in a wrestling match. Meanwhile a long lost love of Zatoichi's returns to his life.A yakuza gang targets the blind masseur Zatoichi after he defeats their group in a wrestling match. Meanwhile a long lost love of Zatoichi's returns to his life.

Director
- Tokuzô Tanaka
Writers
- Seiji Hoshikawa
- Kan Shimozawa
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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.9K

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Shintarô Katsu in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Sachiko Murase, Jun'ichirô Narita, and Miwa Takada in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Shintarô Katsu and Sachiko Murase in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Jutarô Kitashiro and Shintarô Katsu in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Jutarô Kitashiro in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

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Trivia
Miwa Takada's first appearance in a Zatoichi movie. She would later on appear in two more movies from this series, Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) and Zatoichi Challenged (1967), playing different characters.

Quotes
Zatoichi: Wherever I go, I'm the god of calamity.

Connections
Featured in Best in Action: 1963 (2019)

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Review

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Masseur Ichi, the Fugitive

Masseur Ichi, the Fugitive (1963)

*** (out of 4)

The blind swordsman Ichi (Shintaro Katsu) angers a large yakuza after defeating them in a wrestling match, which will lead to a bigger fight. Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka. This here was my second film in the series and while I enjoyed most of the first one, this one here just doesn't cut it. There's way too much talking going on and none of it is even mildly interesting. Even worse is that the actual swordfights are rather lame as well. The concept of a blind swordsman is really the only thing that keeps this film (and perhaps series?) afloat.

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