The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
- Original title
- 座頭市物語
- Directed by
- Kenji Misumi
- Genre
- drama film, samurai cinema, sword-and-sandal film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 159 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A blind masseur and gambler who is also a master swordsman arrives in a town where two rival gangs are fighting for control. He gets caught in the middle of the conflict and must use his skills to survive.
slow-burntensemelancholicvisually lushgrittystoiccontemplativeviolent
What happens
The Tale of Zatoichi (Japanese: 座頭市物語, Hepburn: Zatōichi Monogatari) is a 1962 Japanese chanbara film directed by Kenji Misumi and based on the 1948 essay of the same name by Kan Shimozawa. It is the first installment in a long-running jidaigeki film series starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind swordsman Zatoichi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.