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Overall Rank: 6613
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 5
Theatrical Release Date: 01/13/1971
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama, Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Actors: Shintarô Katsu, Yu Wang, Watako Hamaki, Michie Terada, Kôji Nanbara, Tôru Abe
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"Zatoichi Meets The One Armed Swordsman" Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/05/2012
On his travels, blind swordsman Zatoichi stumbles across a massacre and takes in a small boy who witnessed the event. When the killers come looking for him, Zatoichi and family friend Wang Kong or "the one-armed swordsman" pledge to defend the child at all costs. Although this installment in the long running franchise has a rather gimmicky premise, its combination of frenetic action scenes and an atmospheric historical setting makes for a good, solid samurai movie. Shintaro Katsu shifts from affable booze hound to intimidating bad ass with the greatest of ease; the scene when he rescues a local girl from the assassins is fantastic. Despite its attempt to ape the master, it's no Kurosawa as technical limitations mean a couple of scenes are so dark it's difficult to tell what's going on …
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