ZATOICHI #14
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro • 1966 • Japan
Troubled by his violent past, Zatoichi begins a journey to a series of shrines for a dose of cleansing spirituality. But as always, trouble isn’t far behind, and the blind swordsman soon finds himself defending a widow from the self-interest of ruthless thugs and despicable townsfolk. Written by Kaneto Shindo (ONIBABA), this fourteenth ZATOICHI is a scathing attack on the upper classes and those who wield power, both in the criminal underworld and everyday society.
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Yotsuya Kaidan, Part Two
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita • 1949 • Japan
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband. She, in turn, is the object of a deadly, obsessive love of a criminal, Kohei, ...
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Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa • 1959 • Japan
Also known as THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA, this Nobuo Nakagawa film follows a samurai who betrays his wife, only to find her ghost has returned to reap her vengeance upon him.
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Zatoichi at Large
ZATOICHI #23
Directed by Kazuo Mori • 1972 • JapanZatoichi comes across a pregnant woman dying from sword wounds and helps deliver her baby. Her final request to him: take the boy to see his father. From here, the film evolves into one of the wilder rides in the ZATOICHI series, including such ...
