It's not that "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi" lacks gory scenes. When a sightless masseur chops off a gambler's hand, the amputated limb spouts a geyser of blood on par with anything in "Kill Bill." ...

Zatoichi was by no means the only role he played ... on Disc 6 where it was encoded to the wrong region – but, from 18 February, there’s a new version available where everything’s as it ...

Instead of directing himself as a thug in modern day Japan, Zatoichi turns back the clock and casts Kitano in the role of an unlikely hero: a blind masseur who hides a deadly sword inside his cane.

The hundred episodes of the TV series followed 1970s TV dynamics: Zatoichi was (mostly) unchanging from one episode to the next, and the 45-minute episodes (allowing for 15 minutes of ...

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 ...

Renewed and Cancelled TV Shows 2025 Link to Renewed and Cancelled TV Shows 2025 18 Special Presentations ... 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival Photos: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman & the Chess ...

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi ...

The deal includes 20 Zatoichi films, eight Gamera films and three Daimajin films. The deal is for the Nordic countries initially, but the aim is for wider distribution eventually. In addition ...

I was reminded of the gratifying shock-force of Lee’s fleet savagery when I saw The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in which the director and star, Takeshi Kitano, revives the venerable hero of ...