ZATOICHI #15
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda • 1967 • Japan
Wearying of his wandering lifestyle, Zatoichi yearns to settle down; unfortunately, when he does so it’s in a town overrun by yakuza. He has an eye-opening encounter with the town’s blacksmith, who reveals himself to be the apprentice of the man who forged Zatoichi’s legendary cane sword, and informs Zatoichi that it’s a hairline crack away from snapping. The news prompts Zatoichi to hang up his sword, yet leaving the fighting life and his code of honor behind proves not to be so simple.
Up Next in Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
ZATOICHI #16
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto • 1967 • JapanZatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this second house’s seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the gr...
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Zatoichi Challenged
ZATOICHI #17
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1967 • JapanA dying woman begs Zatoichi to reunite her son with the father he has never met, but when the blind masseur searches for the man, he discovers that he has been forced by a local yakuza boss to pay off his gambling debts in an unusual way: by p...
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives
ZATOICHI #18
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda • 1968 • JapanThe wandering swordsman finds himself in a small village that serves as hideout for a band of fugitives who control the town officials and enforce brutal slave labor in the local silk mill. This lean and mean entry is packed with coldheart...
