Adventures Of Zatoichi
Year: 1964
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Writer: Shozaburo Asai,(based on a short story by Kan Shimozawa)
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Eiko Taki, Miwa Takada, Mikijiro Hira, Kichijiro Ueda, Akitake Kono, Koichi Mizuhara, Ikuko Mori,
Once again our blind swordsman finds himself wrapped up in a dark caper he probably would have rather avoided. This time he even laments towards the end how he thought this would just be a pleasant journey. Adventures Of Zatoichi is actually just a single adventure, but suggests that this is Zatoichi’s life. The word ‘adventure’ also underplays all the pain and suffering brought about by the complexities with which Zatoichi gets entangled with. This time he is asked to pass a letter to a lady in an inn. Of course, a simple message delivery doesn’t exist for Zatoichi, and he is forced to protect the recipient (Taki) after she is targeted by a gang.
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