After nearly settling down to domestic life with a good woman in 1963's “New Tale of Zatoichi” by Tozuka Tanaka, our hero Ichi now finds himself dodging bounty...
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After the success of the first two installments of what would soon become one of the longest running franchises in Japanese film, the third movie directed by...
The success of “The Tale of Zatoichi” was surprising for many, including those at the Daiei Film studio, who wasted no time in green-lighting a fast-tracked...
In retrospect, the continuing popularity of a character such as Zatoichi, the blind masseur and skilled swordsman, fits within the overall mood of the 1960s...