Zatoichis Cane Sword
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Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda Film series Zatoichi Film Series Duration Language Japanese | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Action, Drama, Adventure Music director Ichiro Saito Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 3 January 1967 (1967-01-03) (Japan)
16 August 1971 (1971-08-16) (New York) Based on Zatoichi
by Kan Shimozawa Writer Ryozo Kasahara, Kan Shimozawa (story) Cast Shintarô Katsu (Zatoichi), Shiho Fujimura (Oshizu), Yoshihiko Aoyama (Seikichi), Makoto Fujita (Umazo), Kiyoko Suizenji (Oharu), Eijirô Tôno (Senzo)Similar movies Zatoichi movies, Yakuza movies, Movies about Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (座頭市鉄火旅, Zatōichi tekka-tabi) is a 1967 Japanese chambara film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures).
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword is the fifteenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi.
Plot
In a town dominated by yakuza, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters a master swordsmith named Senzo (Tōno) who identifies Zatoichi's cane sword as the work of his late mentor. Senzo also spots a crack in the blade and warns that it will snap after one more kill.
Cast
Critical response
Roger Greenspun, in a review for The New York Times, wrote that "[w]here it is quiet enough to allow Ichi his peaceful idiocyncrasies, Zato Ichi's Cane Sword is a pleasantly modest film, an amiable contrast to the fateful solemnities of the Toshiro Mifune samurai dramas. Ichi's very invulnerability makes for a certain relaxation, a few songs, a little buffoonery, and much of it to the good."
References
Zatoichi's Cane Sword WikipediaZatoichis Cane Sword IMDb Zatoichis Cane Sword themoviedb.org