It tells the story of an old blind man named zatoichi shintaro katsu who. Zatoichi and the chest of gold is a 1964 japanese chambara film directed by kazuo ikehiro. After arriving in a small village, zatoichi finds himself accused of stealing the citizens hefty. Some villagers are escorting a chest containing 1,000 ryo to pay their taxes to the government officials. From the way the plot moves to the visual flourishes, the series gets born anew. Zatoichi and the chest of gold 1964 the criterion collection. Zatoichi, zatoichi is a fictional character featured in one of japans longestrunning series of. Released 2003, zatoichi stars takeshi kitano, tadanobu asano, michiyo ohkusu, yui natsukawa the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of 75 out of 100 on metacritic. The blind masseur and swordsman, zatoichi, learns of a powerful political figures secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers. The series lasted four seasons, with some 100 hourlong episodes. But a few ronin ambushes them and attempts to steal the chest. Now the courageous samurai and the yakuza boss, who is also accused, must unite to prove their innocence. After arriving in a small village, zatoichi finds himself accused of stealing the citizens hefty tax payments. Wishing to find peace, zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
When you get to the 6th film in a strong series, you can either continue down the tried and tested path or you can deviate. The gold represented the taxes of the local farmers and it was bound for the governors office. Zatoichi and the chest of gold 1964 rotten tomatoes. Zatoichi tv series season 1 1974 episode 20 by mrv nicolasa wrobel.
It also stars tomisaburo wakayama who would later play the lead in the lone wolf and cub series. Subtitrari zatoichi and the chest of gold 1964 regielive. This is an episode list for the japanese jidaigeki television series zatoichi season 1 1974 no. But zatoichi and the chest of gold, under the direction of kazuo ikehiro, flips the script, like a beautiful pele goal bending the air. In this japanese actioner, the brave blind swordsman zatoichi is accused of assisting in the theft of a chest of gold. Zatoichi, the blind swordsman, 14 dvd box set 2007. Zatoichi and the chest of gold 1964 part 6 of 26 part 1 2. Ghost adventures season 15 ep 18 ripleys believe it or not ghost adventures s15. The colossally popular zatoichi films make up the longestrunning action series in japanese history and created one of the. Zatoichi, zatoichi is a fictional character featured in one of japans longestrunning. Zatoichi and the chest of gold is the sixth episode in the 26part film series devoted to the character of zatoichi. Zatoichi is a 2003 japanese movie about the iconic japanese figure.
With a corrupt clan leader squeezing citizens dry and the brother of a past nemesis out for payback, zatoichi finds that he cannot abandon his true calling. Zatoichi tv series season 1 1974 episode 20 by mrv youtube. To clear his name he must find and defeat the real villain. To clear his name, he must face off against a corrupt official, a succession of hired blades, and a bullwhipwielding titan, played by star shintaro katsu s brother tomisaburo wakayama. Zatoichi and the chest of gold, zatoichi senryokubi is a 1964 japanese chambara film directed by kazuo ikehiro starring shintaro katsu as the blind masseur zatoichi, originally released by the daiei motion picture company later acquired by kadokawa pictures.
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