But zatoichi never backs down, even if death looms from all directions this is the seventeenth volume of zatoichi, but as usual, the series shows no signs of losing its sharp edge. The film is a revival of the classic zatoichi series of samurai film and television dramas. Does not include remakes and other similarly related films, just the original film series. Zatoichi is a 2003 japanese movie about the iconic japanese figure. A list of the 25 original films with shintaro katsu from 1962 to 1973 and the 5 contemporary remakes, including the unaffiliated american film. They take a movie and then play it over and over again for weeks. Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower. Zatoichi goes to the fire festival by kenji misumi. Zatoichis cane sword blind swordsmans cane sword 1967. With shintaro katsu, reiko ohara, pita, kazuko yoshiyuki.
Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. Ichi is a blind masseuse ambling from town to town until some injustice or threat cause him to reveal his. Introduced in the early 1960s, zatoichi is now an archetypal character in japanese film, inspiring dozens of films and numerous television shows. Zatoichi s spurting blood road is the seventeenth film in the series. In japanese w english subtitles the last zatoichi movie i uploaded was the masseuse first. Zatoichi challenged is not the best installment, but it is a good one without question, is one of the more unusual episodes. With shintaro katsu, jushiro konoe, miwa takada, yukiji asaoka. A list of the zatoichi films in chronological order. Facebook0tweet0 when you are stuck at home thanks to a wet and icy storm you see a lot of tv. Zatoichi goes to the fire festival 1970 september 25th, 20 no comments. Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that its become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime bosss bodyguardtoshiro mifunes scruffy, smartmouthed, cashhungry yojimbo of legend. A crowd of samurai underlings bribe a small boy to steal it. Mar 19, 2004 zatoichi is sitting by a dusty country road, his swordstick lying negligently next to him. All payments on movie orders will be processed at the time of shipment.
After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. With toshiro mifune, shintaro katsu, ayako wakao, osamu takizawa. In an empire ruled by fear, the peoples only hope is the ultimate weapon. Zatoichi and the fugitives 1968 zatoichi challenged 1967 ichi 2008 cabin fever. Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leaders bodyguard is actually the yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. New tale of zatoichi 1963, shin zatoichi monogatari story. The blind swordsman 9 bluray deluxe set the colossally popular zatoichi films make up the longestrunning action series in japanese history and created one of the screens great heroes. One of the high definition channels we get is the kung fu channel. It was originally released by the daiei motion picture company later acquired by kadokawa pictures, and is the first film produced by katsu productions katsus. Blind fury 1989 blood glacier aka the station 20 film comment.
Most films are special orders, so they will take longer to ship than other products. This was followed by a second tv series in 1976, new zatoichi or shin zatoichi, that ran for three more seasons 29 episodes in. Released 1967, zatoichi challenged stars shintaro katsu, miwa takada, mikiko tsubouchi, jushiro konoe the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 26 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. This was followed by a second tv series in 1976, new zatoichi or shin zatoichi, that ran for three more seasons 29 episodes in 1976, 19 episodes in 1978 and 26 episodes in 1979. In addition, an interesting feature of the subtitles is that they provide explanations of words that cannot be easily translated. With shintaro katsu, rentaro mikuni, ko nishimura, yuko hamada. Yojimbo, one of many japanese samurai films starring the blind swordsman zatoichi shintaro katsu, he has to battle yojimbo toshiro mifune, the title character from akira. Is a fictional character featured in a longrunning series of japanese films and a tv series are already in place in the late edo period 1830 and 1840. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side. Welcome to our foreign films page, featuring foreign movies in video and dvd format in languages from a host of countries.
Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. Ichi takes a road trip with a young boy named ryota after promising the boys dying mother to escort him to his father. After a twoyear absence from screens, the blind swordsman returns in one of his best adventures. See each listing for international shipping options and costs.
Zatichi reunites a father and son, but now he must take on the fathers new boss a local yakuza leader. Arriving, zatoichi meets up with his mentor and sword teacher banno seizaburo kawazu and promptly falls in love with the latters daughter, yayoi mikiko tsubouchi. Zatoichi shintaro katsu asagoro rentaro mikuni uneshiro suga ko nishimura shino yuko hamada nisaburo toshiyuki hosokawa zato sanji takuya fujioka tatsugoro kenjiro ishiyama. Zatoichi s cane sword blind swordsmans cane sword 1967. The character, a blind masseur and blademaster, created by writer shimozawa kan. But behind his humble facade, zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightningfast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichis spurting blood road is the seventeenth film in the series. The first, the tale of zatoichi known as zatoichi monogatari in japan, appeared in 1974 and ran for 26 episodes. Aug, 2012 inventive and bold, this film shines with pristine picture and theaterquality sound on bluray disc. Dec 16, 2007 facebook0tweet0 when you are stuck at home thanks to a wet and icy storm you see a lot of tv. Inventive and bold, this film shines with pristine picture and theaterquality sound on bluray disc. A total of 26 films were made from 1962 to 1989, and then there was also beat takeshis zatoichi in 2003 and zatoichi. It was originally released by the daiei motion picture company later acquired by kadokawa pictures zatoichi challenged is the seventeenth episode in the 26part film series devoted to the character of. Using his lightning sword, zatoichi takes on the crime boss in a relentless blend of action, violence, and comedy that makes zatoichi challenged one of the best in the longrunning series.
In a town where debtridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival. The last the last, zatoichi za rasuto is a 2010 samurai film directed by junji sakamoto and starring shingo katori in the role of zatoichi. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law. Primarily for my own reference as i make my way through the films but may be useful to others also taking the journey along with the blind masseur. The character, a blind masseur and blademaster, was created by novelist kan shimozawa. Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a. Thats the simple premise behind this classic episode directed by top zatoichi sensei kenji misumi, who always does the best chambara movies starring kids see also fight, zatoichi, fight and lone wolf and cub. Zatoichi, zatoichi released in the us as the blind swordsman. This film is based on zatoichi challenged 1967, the 17th film in the original series. Nov 25, 2005 whilst the other zatoichi films looked fine, zatoichi meets yojimbo looks exceptionally good. Patient zero 2014 zatoichi the outlaw 1967 zatoichi s cane. It was originally released by the daiei motion picture company later acquired by kadokawa pictures. Zatoichi meets yojimbo 1970 fat shaker 20 film comment selects 2014. Zatoichi and the fugitives blind swordsman and the fugitives 1968.
Being the kindhearted man zatoichi is, he sets our to find the babys next of kin. While staying at an inn, ichi shares a room with a sick woman and her child, ryota. It tells the story of an old blind man named zatoichi shintaro katsu who. Zatoichi is a 2003 japanese samurai dramaaction film, directed, written, coedited by and starring takeshi kitano beat takeshi in his 11th directorial venture. The video is clean and crisp and colours are vivid. Zatoichi challenged 1967 stream and watch online moviefone. Sep 16, 2015 new tale of zatoichi 1963, shin zatoichi monogatari story. Whilst the other zatoichi films looked fine, zatoichi meets yojimbo looks exceptionally good. Nov 25, 20 the first, the tale of zatoichi known as zatoichi monogatari in japan, appeared in 1974 and ran for 26 episodes.
Zatoichi and the chess expert season 1, episode 12 122365 zatichi befriends a chessloving wandering samurai and helps a young girl accidentally wounded in a sword fight. The colossally popular zatoichi films make up the longestrunning action series in japanese history and created one of the screens great heroes. Now its the first color movie of the blind swordsman. Two years earlier shintaro katsu had played a blind man in shiranui kengyo, and was selected for the role of zatoichi because of his convincing performance in the earlier film.
The first outing for zatoichi was in 1962 in zatoichi monogatari the tale of zatoichi. Blind zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. In this japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman zatoichi is assigned to escort a little boy to his fathers home. Zatoichi the outlaw, zatoichi royaburi is a 1967 japanese chambara film directed by satsuo yamamoto and starring shintaro katsu as the blind masseur zatoichi. Zatoichi, zatoichi is a fictional character featured in one of japans longestrunning series of films, as well as a television series. Zatoichi is sitting by a dusty country road, his swordstick lying negligently next to him. In zatoichis first outing in color, zatoichi returns to his home village. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy shintaro katsu became an instant superstar, lending a largerthanlife presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who. Patient zero 2014 zatoichi the outlaw 1967 zatoichis cane. Zatoichi challenged, zatoichi chikemurikaido is a 1967 japanese chambara film directed by kenji misumi and starring shintaro katsu as the blind masseur zatoichi. Zatoichi meets yojimbo delivers on the promise of a duel between the two leads, but not without exploring the comic possibilities of their shared screen time. Zatoichi 2003 film edit in 2003, takeshi kitano wrote, directed and appeared in a new highbudget zatoichi film, called simply zatoichi zatoichi. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Released 1970, zatoichi goes to the fire festival stars shintaro katsu, reiko ohara, kazuko yoshiyuki, ko nishimura the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of out.
Welcome to our foreign films page, featuring foreign movies in video and. Zatoichi goes to the fire festival 1970 stream and watch. It takes some attention to the plot and various minor characters to fully understand whats going on, but the interaction between katsu and mifune alone is worth the price of admission. In this 1970 film the worlds two most famous ronin meet in a small village where zatoichi, typically, has come seeking peace and quiet, and yojimbo, bodyguard to a corrupt boss, wends his sardonic way in a nest of spies and counterspies. Zatoichi challenged is not the best installment, but it is a good one without question, is. Both are set during the late edo period 1830s and 1840s. Ichi means number one, so zatoichi basically means blind masseur number one.
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