The Tale Of Zatoichi (1962) Criterion Collection
Zatôichi monogatari – The Tale Of Zatoichi (1962) Criterion Collection
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Language: Japanese | Subtitle: English Included | 1h 36mn | 459.66MB | 3% Recovery
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10 (2,356 users)
BRRip 480p - TinyBearDs | MKV | 848 x 356 | x264 600kbps 23.976fps | HE-AACv2 64kbps 2CH
Language: Japanese | Subtitle: English Included | 1h 36mn | 459.66MB | 3% Recovery
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10 (2,356 users)
Director: Kenji Misumi
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. The first of novelist Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi series: 26 films, a TV series and a play, all but two starring controversial singer/producer/director Shintaro Katsu. First of six Zatoichi films directed by Kenji Misumi. The shrewd Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighboring town's smaller gang is brewing. The broke ex-masseur "Ichi" immediately wins big, by taking advantage of local bakuto's cheating, after they scoff at his asking to join a dice game. The larger horde, who have been given carte blanche by the local governor, summoned Zatoichi. Zatoichi hates the fact that he's become an outlaw, so he strikes up a friendship with the other gang's honorable hired samurai, who has TB.
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The epic saga of Zatoichi begins. As tensions mount between rival yakuza clans, one boss hires a formidable but ailing ronin as his clan’s muscle—while the other employs a humble, moral blind masseur named Ichi. With its lightning-fast swordplay, sleight-of-hand dice games, and codes of honor upheld and betrayed, this first chapter sets the stage for all the Zatoichi adventures to come. And Shintaro Katsu brings author Kan Shimozawa’s blind swordsman to vivid life, making the character excitingly, indelibly his own.
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