ZATOICHI, EPISODE 7: ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD

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• Release Year: 1964
• 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.; ; As the fireworks explode overhead, the blood runs underfoot. Zatoichi is provoked into a fury of sword slinging by a disreputable gang leader trying to oust a rival, good-natured boss. A houseguest of the peaceful Bunkichi boss, Ichi attempts to help his gracious host fight the greedy boss Yasugoro, but as a fugitive, Ichi's honorable host must ask the blind swordsman to leave. With Ichi temporarily out of the way, Yasugoro makes his bloody move. But being a man of fairness and equality, Zatoichi makes sure Yasugoro gets what he deserves in the end.
• Cast: Shintarô Katsu; Tatsuo Endô; Bokuzen Hidari; Jun Katsumura; Naoko Kubo; Ikuko Môri; Mayumi Nagisa; Yutaka Nakamura; Teruko Ômi; Kazuo Ikehiro; Shozaburo Asai; Minoru Inuzuka; Kan Shimozawa
• Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
• Runtime: 1:22
• Company: Daiei, Home Vision Entertainment, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie