Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. 26 movies on 12 dvd's. - free.ranger - Films/DVD Asylum

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Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. 26 movies on 12 dvd's.

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The full set just arrived. I'm in for the long haul. All 26 flicks starring Shintaro Katsu, starting with the first in black and white, filmed in 1962. Color was used starting with the 3rd film in 1963. The 25th was filmed in 1973. The 26th and last featuring Katsu, was made 16 years later in 1989. Katsu died in 1997.

A poor Japanese master swordsman walking the countryside, blind as a bat, but supersensory, could disembowel a legion of bad guys or entire troops of samurai if needed to defend the weak and helpless.

The subtitles are easy to keep up with.

This movie series was so popular that it spun off a television series in the mid-70's, along with many other movies using a similar theme. The last reference I could find was a 2008 movie titled Ichi, which was based on Zatoichi's (Ichi's) daughter.

I'll be needing a lot of popcorn.

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Topic - Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. 26 movies on 12 dvd's. - free.ranger 00:11:40 04/15/10 (9)

Try, "Twilight Samurai." If you like it, the director has a few more gems in that genre for you. nt - tinear 17:40:48 04/15/10 (0)

RE: Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. 26 movies on 12 dvd's. - volunteer 15:57:57 04/15/10 (2)

You're probably right, which would be a bad thing. - free.ranger 16:21:40 04/15/10 (1)

Doubt it. I've seen the whole series and it holds it's own from start to finish IMO. * - Tony D. 21:07:30 04/15/10 (0)

Have you seen the 2003 version with Takeshi (Beat) Kitano? Well worth checking out. - Tony D. 14:06:32 04/15/10 (4)

Thanks. No, I missed that. - free.ranger 16:27:49 04/15/10 (1)

Beat doesn't make a bad movie.....rule of thumb. - mr grits 14:15:01 04/18/10 (0)

Is that the one with the big dance number at the end? - mr grits 14:25:18 04/15/10 (1)

That's the one. What a riot! * - Tony D. 18:32:45 04/15/10 (0)

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