ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN (TV SERIES - DVD-EPISODE 15: ZATOICHI'S CANE SWORD

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• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: With 25 film sequels and upwards 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 Japan's most time-honored screen personas, Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate everyman anti-hero.; ; Combining violent action with slapstick comedy, Zatoichi's Cane Sword is a superb example of samurai filmmaking. The village of Tonda is ruled by violent and unscrupulous yakuza, and Zatoichi takes it upon himself to clean up the town. The film blends brilliant color photography with breathtaking action sequences while offering a look into Zatoichi's past, as the blind swordsman learns the origin of his famous cane sword, and discovers it may soon fail in battle.
• Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Makoto Fujita, Kiyoko Suizenji, Eijirô Tôno, Masumi Harukawa, Masako Aboshi, Junichiro Yamashita, Ryûtarô Gomi, Fujio Suga, Tatsuo Endô, Ryûji Kita, Eigorô Onoe, Yûsaku Terajima, Gen Kimura, Sachio Horikita, Kimiko Tachibana, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Ryôzô Kasahara, Kan Shimozawa
• Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Daiei, Home Vision Entertainment, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie