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Movies
Jidai Geki, Chambara, Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai, Zatoichi, Tange Sazen, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Incident at Blood Pass, Lone Wolf & Cub, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Hanzo the Razor, Lady Snowblood, Kunokichi, Yagyu Conspiracy, Miyamato Musashi, Hideo Gosha, Katsu Productions, Mute Samurai, Samurai Fiction, Sword of Doom, Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Ogami Itto, Cult films, Tokyo Shock, Samurai Cinema, Tetsuro the Iron Man, Battle Royale, Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengence, Sympathy for Lady Vengence, Showgun Assassin, Ping Pong Club, Buddha's Palm, Kamen Rider, Gozu, Izo, Takishi Miike, Ichi The Killer, Dawn Of The Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Zombie 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Samurai Triology, Kibakichi, Mon Amore Hiroshima, Amelie, Reservoir Dogs, Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal, Through the Looking Glass, Duel to the Death, Hiriyoki Sanada, Twilight Samurai, Ryuhei Katamura
Be sure to check Zatoichi out on DVD:
Television
Kamen Rider, Shin Zatoichi, Zatoichi Monogatari, Due South, Scrubs, Lost, My Name is Earl, Shinobi no gama, Shadow Warriors, Yagyu Conspiracy, Shinsengumi, LW&C, Ultraman, Boondocks.
Masseur Ichi is one of the most cherished symbols of Japanese cinema, particularly the chambara/jidai geki genre. A wandering anma who wields a cane sword and travels across Japan as a gambler and yakuza. Ichi walked the "backroads of society" as he would say. Usually through unforseen circumstances Ichi ended up in situations that called for his skills and through efforts to protect the poor and downtrodden he would have to face incredible odds against outnumbering enemy forces. Zatoichi was magnificiently performed by Shintaro Katsu (the only true Ichi is Katsu's Ichi) , with 26 movies and a televison series that lasted up to a hundred episodes. The films though vast in its differing storylines and direction shared the commonality of action, comedy, drama, and many times tragedy. But the main standing feature was always Katsu's constant performance as Zatoichi, as an average every day man, poor, humble, good intentioned but deadly. Katsu Shintaro passed June 21, 1997 of throat cancer at the age of 65.
I love Zatoichi....and I can see that you love Chanbara like I do.....sugoi!!!!! thank god there are people like you that still remember......Shintaro Katsu may be gone...but what he did will live on....thanks to people like you.....many may not....but I appreciate what you have done here...
Domo arigato gozaiumasu for the add. The Blind Swordsman is one of my all-time favorite film characters and I'll be stopping by this page often.... ja ne.... Craig.
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