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Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryuzo Shimada, Reiko Fujiwara, Matasaburo Niwa ... see more see more... , Yoshio Yoshida , Yutaka Nakamura

In this Japanese actioner a sightless swordsman and masseur living in feudal Japan begins working for a feudal lord preparing to battle his enemy. The swordsman is en route to his new employers when h... read more read more...e is set upon by three of the enemy's men. The blind fellow's companion is killed, but he is able to hold his own and kill the raiders. He then listens to the request of a dying man and escorts a young woman to the home of her parents. She is kidnapped, but by using his super-sensitive powers of perception the swordsman saves her. More battle ensues, but in the end he gets the girl safely to her home. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda

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DVD Release Date: October 22, 2002

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  • kiriyamakazou
    August 18, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    Zatoichi On the Road takes up a new story for Zatoichi. He's still the same sweet badass, but this time the connections to previous installments are minimal. Once again Zatoichi is dragged into a fight he doesn't wish to take part in, and once again this is down to a mistake made... read more by sword happy men. Zatoichi is further represented as the good soul he is, defending a woman that he has no real connection to. As the tension mounts between the two gangs we get subtle hints at the outcome and it's one we can't wait to see. Katsu's performance is perfected even further. He's really become one with the character and it's this performance that unites these films so completely.
  • threefolddado
    July 3, 2008
    threefolddado
    Good Zatoichi outing.
  • loymabait
    March 9, 2010
    loymabait
    this part 5 of his moive ichi does it again, action , comedy Kimiyoshi Yasusa does it again all this role togther this has more action from the being to end

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Brian Mckay
January 15, 2005
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

as much fun as your average Zatoichi flick, with plenty of humor and sword slashing and guys standing as still as statues before falling over dead Full Review

Emanuel Levy
August 17, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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