Review of The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) by Spencer P — 18 Oct 2015
Now that I am finished with James Bond I will start my way through the Zatoichi boxed set but I have no interest in maintaining as strict a time table here. Tales, the first film, was good. At times it is beautiful.
Shintaro Katsu is spectacular as the title character, a blind swordsman. The first movie is somewhat formulaic of an Asian period film so my mind wandered several times. Two yakuza bosses hire swordsmen to help them to overthrow the other.
The swordsmen befriend each other and are forced to duel when the war between clans erupt. I am interested to see how the next 22 films are and when they start to slag.
This review of The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) was written by Spencer P on 18 Oct 2015.
The Tale of Zatoichi has generally received very positive reviews.
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