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Shintarô Katsu, Jushiro Konoe, Miwa Takada, Mikiko Tsubouchi

In this Japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman Zatoichi is assigned to escort a little boy to his father's home. En route he is set upon by five killers. Using his super-sensitive powers of perc... read more read more...eption, he kills them. Later an enigmatic samurai joins them and helps fight off a second gang. Eventually they make it to the boy's hometown where they discover that the father is being held hostage by smugglers. It is then that the mysterious fighter reveals that he is a government agent assigned to destroy the gang. Zatoichi agrees to help him if the samurai will return the favor. He cannot, and so the sightless fighter challenges the agent to a duel. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Kenji Misumi

Release Date: December 30, 1967

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  • kiriyamakazou
    September 1, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    The same stuff, done well. Zatoichi is asked by a dying person to fulfill their last request (done before), he must then travel with a child (done before),his rather simple mission soon results in him incurring the wrath of local mobsters and corrupt government officials (done be... read morefore). It is all done at a high quality, and the emotion is still there. Plus, it also has the best one on one fight so far, a beautifully choreographed and simple effort, where those involved really seem to know what they are doing. A decent entry, but don't expect to be too engrossed.

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