The third zatoichi film, and the first in color, the new tale of zatoichi is packed with action and some great battle scenes and displays of zatoichis drawing skills as he splits more candles in. Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. The blind swordsman actionadventure films make up the longestrunning action series in japanese history and created one of the screens great heroes. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead mans sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help. Region 1 zatoichi in desperation animeigo 2005 region 2 new zatoichi story. The next and last in the series zatoichi film is back to the standard look. Star shintaro katsu sits in the directors chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the zatoichi series, which is unlike any other. Two lonely underdogs of society find peace in each others company. Zatoichi the new tale of zatoichi 1963 rotten tomatoes. Its enjoyable to watch thanks to an epic atmosphere, some character development, and profound dialogues. The best cuts 19671973 original motion picture soundtracks licensed to youtube by tunecore on behalf of. This is the th feature in the popular film series about the blind, swordslashing masseur zatoichi. If it werent the last of the classic films in the franchise, there wouldnt be anything memorable about this film. The film can come across as a styleheavy attempt by a firsttime director.
Shintaro katsu appears on screen as zatoichi for the last time. Zatoichis conspiracy is an average film by the franchises standard. Here, however, the relationship between zatoichi and the ronin hirate miki forms the emotional core of the film. Zatoichi in desperation 1972 after accidentally causing an old ladys death, zatoichi seeks out her daughter to atone for the tragedy, consequently getting into all sorts of trouble. Zatoichis conspiracy 1973 zatoichis conspiracy 1973.
The tale of zatoichi is the first in a long line of films, detailing the adventures of a blind swordsman. Zatoichi is a criticallyacclaimed recent entry in a decadeslong japanese media franchise, but i regrettably found it to be rather poor, with limp, meandering pacing and fun yet uninteresting. Zatoichi returns to his home village for the first time in over ten years to find much has changed and that corruption abounds. The blind swordsman movie videos for the full length movie and video clips on mefeedia. A tribute to the combat scenes and shintaro katsus deftness and all around awesomeness in the first 5 movies of the zatoichi series. Fans can rightly complain, however, that it lacks much of.
Shintaro katsu, yoshiko mita, makoto sato, ko nishimura. Shintaro katsu, 1972 katsu steps behind the camera for the first of two instances in the zatoichi series not counting the tv series. The tale of zatoichi may have been the first film in the series. Zatoichi in desperation 1972 zatoichi accidentally causes the death of an elderly woman and sets out to find her daughter. If you like this film i would suggest looking into katsus oshi samurai series which continues the atmosphere. One of the best zatoichi films but not similar to the others.
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