ZATOICHI, EPISODE 2: THE TALE OF ZATOICHI CONTINUES (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: With 26 film sequels and updwards of 100 TV episodes. Shintaro Katsu is the legendary Zatoichi! He's a low ranking blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code and answers his foes with a deadly cane sword. By far, one of Japanese cinema's most time-honored screen personas. Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate anti-hero and champion of the common man.; ; Non-stop action, a deadly love triangle, and a mysterious one-armed samurai round out the second installment in the legendary Zatoichi series. When Zatoichi discovers the lord who has hired him suffers from a madness that—if made public—would bring ruin to his empire and the livelihood of the samurai warriors he employs, the blind masseur becomes a wanted man for the secret he now possesses. Attacked at every turn by the crazed lord's samurais and hired yakuza thugs, Zatoichi manages to escape relatively unscathed. But in a final duel, masseur Ichi must face his old foe, the infamous one-armed samurai (played by Tomisaburo Wakayama, the brother of star Shintaro Katsu).
• Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Yaeko Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yutaka Nakamura, Sonosuke Sawamura, Shôsaku Sugiyama, Mitsuemon Arashi, Yoshito Yamaji, Eijirô Yanagi, Fujio Harumoto, Koichi Mizuhara, Saburô Date, Shintarô Nanjô, Shôzô Nanbu, Kazuo Mori, Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimozawa
• Director: Kazuo Mori
• Runtime: 1:12
• Company: Daiei Pictures, Janus Films, Home Vision Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie