Up Next in Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

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  Zatoichi at Large

  Zatoichi at Large

  ZATOICHI #23
  Directed by Kazuo Mori • 1972 • Japan

  Zatoichi 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 ...

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  ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION: Trailer

  ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION: Trailer

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  Zatoichi in Desperation

  Zatoichi in Desperation

  ZATOICHI #24
  Directed by Shintaro Katsu • 1972 • Japan

  Star Shintaro Katsu sits in the director’s chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the Zatoichi series, which is unlike any other in its grind-house grimness. A tale of innocence corrupted by sadistic, sleazy criminality,...