Zatōichi (2003)

Original title

座頭市

Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 972 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blind masseur who is secretly a master swordsman travels through feudal Japan. He gets drawn into a conflict between local gangs and a clan of ronin.

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What happens

Zatoichi (Japanese: 座頭市, Hepburn: Zatōichi) (released in the US as The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) is a 2003 Japanese jidaigeki action film, directed, written, co-edited by and starring Takeshi Kitano ("Beat" Takeshi) in his eleventh directorial venture. Kitano plays the role of the blind swordsman, with Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusu, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuko Daike, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, and Akira Emoto in supporting roles. A revival of the classic Zatoichi series of samurai film and television dramas, the film premiered on 2 September 2003 at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Silver Lion for Best Director award, and went on to numerous other awards both at home and abroad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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