Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
Franchise: Zatoichi
AKA: Zatoichi sekisho yaburi
Country: Japan
Directed By: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Written By: Shozaburo Asai, Kan Shimozawa
Starring: Mikijirô Hira, Kichijirô Ueda, Akitake Kôno, Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Taki, Daimaru, Kôichi Mizuhara, Gen Kimura, Ikuko Môri, Teruko Ômi, Rocket Nakata
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Adventures of Zatoichi belongs to 14 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 153 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (public: moderated by epiphany - 19 stars)
3. Samurai (public: moderated by mpowell - 11 stars)
4. Anamorphic Cinematography (public: moderated by Bojangles - 4 stars)
5. Zatoichi (public: moderated by whatismyname - 3 stars)
6. Foreign Language Films subtitled on Youtube (public: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 2 stars)
7. Character name in title (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 1 star)
8. Blindness (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
9. Chambara/Yakuza (public: moderated by ForrestQ)
10. The Criterion Channel (private: caffe - 2 stars)
11. Chanbara (private: PerryStroika - 1 star)
12. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (private: Antares - 1 star)
13. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (private: PepeCamello - 1 star)
14. My Criterions (private: Matthew Parkinson)
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| Nov 19, 2020 |  |
Risselada | 87 88% |
| Jul 18, 2020 |  |
TheShiznit | 56 70% |
| Jun 16, 2020 |  |
TheDiceman | 65 73% |
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Very good.
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| Apr 25, 2020 |  |
CinematicESP | 79 41% |
| Mar 27, 2020 |  |
julesfmb | 63 47% |
| Feb 22, 2020 |  |
Siltem | 71 83% |
| Oct 03, 2019 | pjotor | 50 60% |
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| Aug 18, 2019 |  |
SpaceEcho | 60 44% |
| Aug 06, 2019 |  |
avgcrtckr | 60 66% |
| Jul 28, 2019 | strangelime | 75 39% |
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| Jul 12, 2019 | 8505144 | 65 40% |
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| Jun 30, 2019 | knives | 63 21% |
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| Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 70 34% |
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| Mar 05, 2019 | mate_cosido | 70 40% |
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| Sep 14, 2018 | Hennimore | 69 44% |
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ssavage | 70 53% |
| Feb 17, 2018 | coldesser | 70 43% |
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| Feb 03, 2018 | OgreZed | 80 78% |
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| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 72 31% |
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| Feb 26, 2017 |  |
porzano | 46 37% |
| Dec 05, 2016 |  |
Tolgardo | 77 55% |
| Nov 22, 2016 | manchaware | 89 76% |
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| Nov 20, 2016 |  |
Limdebois | 78 85% |
| Oct 19, 2016 | jerrywarton | 63 49% |
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| Feb 06, 2016 | caffe | 60 19% |
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So far I'd say you can rate a Zatoichi movie based on how long it takes to get to the good stuff (when emotions start showing and blood starts flowing). In the best ones so far (#6 and #8) it's right off the bat. Here it takes more than half the movie to get some blood flowing. It's still pretty entertaining, overall, but it is fairly unremarkable storywise and a bit slow.
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| Jan 30, 2016 | jackvacton | 90 92% |
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| Dec 15, 2015 |  |
robot2xl | 74 83% |
| Dec 04, 2015 |  |
r/TrueFilm | 80 55% |
| Oct 11, 2015 |  |
ribcage | 69 55% |
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Comes dangerously close to being the first "generic" entry in the series but the power of shintaro katsus acting & zatoichis character are just as strong here.The subplot of his desire to see his father again one day is one of the finest bits so far. Mikijiro hira has real menace and despite knowing better he got me for half a second worried zatoichi might lose their showdown. didn't like ichis new ability to be so impossibly fast that suspension of disbelief is broken in 2minor instances
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| Oct 02, 2015 |  |
pmcinern | 90 87% |
| May 03, 2015 | synthono | 84 69% |
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| Mar 27, 2015 |  |
schwabe | 85 62% |
| Dec 03, 2014 | Lonewolf2003 | 68 31% |
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| Oct 10, 2014 |  |
Nathan S | 2 21% |
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Unremarkable and mostly boring. These films usually overcome their standard formulas with interesting supporting characters, style, and comedic relief. Not much of those to be had here.
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| Oct 07, 2014 |  |
RavynLoony | 63 67% |
| Sep 05, 2014 |  |
snallygaster | 54 54% |
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At this point in the series my sympathy for Ichi & the hard lot he keeps drawing has grown pretty strong, and maybe that's why I've found this to be the most effective Zatoichi movie since the first. Several things are done well: Ichi's main combat opponent is more interesting than usual; a bit of Ichi's backstory is revealed in a touching side plot; Ichi's sword tricks have entered into an interesting "so quick it's invisible" territory.
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| Apr 03, 2014 |  |
Antares | 65 39% |
| Jan 31, 2014 |  |
Dunstan-xxx | 68 60% |
| Jan 19, 2014 |  |
peekingpanda | 45 47% |
| Jan 07, 2014 |  |
Hans_Lucas | 82 63% |
| Jan 02, 2014 |  |
micmac | 59 39% |
| Apr 23, 2013 |  |
TheDenizen | 70 63% |
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While on a New Year's pilgrimage, Zatoichi agrees to deliver a letter for a stranger, and ends up drawn into a conflict between some villagers and the local yakuza boss. I'm impressed that despite following a pretty standard formula, these movies always find a fresh way to put the reluctant Ichi into situations where he's forced to take action. I also like that Ichi's reputation precedes him after all his escapades. That being said, this is a good but unexceptional entry in the series.
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| Jan 01, 2013 | lostinlodos | 88 81% |
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| Nov 09, 2012 |  |
PerryStroika | 63 54% |
| Oct 05, 2012 | pjdevitt | 83 51% |
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| Aug 07, 2012 |  |
Kublai Khan | 42 39% |
| Jul 01, 2012 |  |
hotsake | 83 94% |
| Mar 28, 2012 | trailblazers | 7 64% |
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| Dec 05, 2011 | Arschloch | 80 93% |
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| Oct 20, 2010 |  |
kangadoodoo | 55 40% |
| Sep 25, 2010 | tyoda | 40 28% |
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| Jan 06, 2010 |  |
Dorkovsky | 8 92% |
| Apr 22, 2009 |  |
imdb | 73 80% |
| Dec 15, 2008 |  |
theseventhl | 90 50% |
| Oct 26, 2008 |  |
Tostadora | 60 27% |
| Sep 08, 2008 |  |
Guyver | 75 95% |
| May 04, 2008 | jwest | 65 40% |
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| Aug 21, 2007 | aralic | 83 74% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | soitgoes | 50 24% |
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| Average Percentile 56.89% from 59 Ratings |  |
