Zatoichis Pilgrimage
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Kazuo Ikehiro Film series Zatoichi Film Series Duration | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Music director Ichiro Saito Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 13 August 1966 (1966-08-13) (Japan) Cast Shintarô Katsu (Zatoichi), Michiyo Ohkusu (Kichi), (Man speaks a lot), (Eigoro), Masao Mishima (Nanashino Gonbei), Jotaro Senba (Bokasuri)Similar movies Zatoichi movies, Movies about Japan, Adventure movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (座頭市海を渡る, Zatōichi umi o wataru) is a 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro 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 Pilgrimage is the fourteenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi. It has also been known as Zatoichi's Ocean Voyage
Plot
Seeking to atone for his violent past, Zatoichi (Katsu) embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 88 shrines on Shikoku. On the road, a man (Igawa) attacks Zatoichi but is killed by him. Zatoichi follows the man's horse back to his home.
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Critical response
Thomas Raven, in a review for freakengine, wrote that "[t]his film represents another major step forward for the series. Director Kazuo Ikehiro's touch is exactly what Ichi's stories need and since this was his third Zatoichi picture, he'd honed his skills to a fine point. It certainly helps that the script is so crisp, as is the inventive cinematography and art direction. This is certainly one of the best looking of the first fourteen films."
References
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage WikipediaZatoichis Pilgrimage IMDb Zatoichis Pilgrimage themoviedb.org