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." ...

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 ...

When I was in high school 20-something years ago, I would get up early every Saturday to watch Zatoichi movies on cable. One of Japan’s longest-running film series (seriously, think the Marvel ...

When they held auditions for the lead in a new film called The Tale Of Zatoichi (1962), based loosely on an obscure 1948 short story by Kan Shimozawa, Katsu fought for the role, won 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.

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 ...

In addition, the process of creation is written at the end of the movie, 50 years after the death of Kan Shimozawa, the original author of Zatoichi, 20 years after the death of Shintaro Katsu who ...