ZATOICHI #14
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro • 1966 • Japan
Troubled by his violent past, Zatoichi begins a journey to a series of shrines for a dose of cleansing spirituality. But as always, trouble isn’t far behind, and the blind swordsman soon finds himself defending a widow from the self-interest of ruthless thugs and despicable townsfolk. Written by Kaneto Shindo (ONIBABA), this fourteenth ZATOICHI is a scathing attack on the upper classes and those who wield power, both in the criminal underworld and everyday society.
Up Next in Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
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Zatoichi’s Cane Sword
ZATOICHI #15
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda • 1967 • JapanWearying of his wandering lifestyle, Zatoichi yearns to settle down; unfortunately, when he does so it’s in a town overrun by yakuza. He has an eye-opening encounter with the town’s blacksmith, who reveals himself to be the apprentice of t...
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
ZATOICHI #16
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto • 1967 • JapanZatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this second house’s seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the gr...
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Zatoichi Challenged
ZATOICHI #17
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1967 • JapanA dying woman begs Zatoichi to reunite her son with the father he has never met, but when the blind masseur searches for the man, he discovers that he has been forced by a local yakuza boss to pay off his gambling debts in an unusual way: by p...
