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This is an episode list for the Japanese jidaigeki television series Zatoichi. Season 1 [1974] No. Title Japanese Original Air Date 1 A Challenge Of Chance のるか ...
The 1969–70 Crimson Bat film series and its subsequent 1971 TV series were unauthorized variations, with a blind woman named O-Ichi, played by Yoko Matsuyama, as the sword-wielding hero. Blindman is a 1971 Spaghetti Western variation on the Zatoichi formula starring Tony Anthony as a blind gunman.
In the 1960s he starred simultaneously in three long-running series of films, the Akumyo series, the Hoodlum Soldier series, and the Zatoichi series. He played the role of blind masseur Zatoichi in a series of 25 films between 1962 and 1973, in 100 episodes across a four season television series from 1974 to 1979, and in a 26th and final film ...
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. [1] [2]
Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (Japanese: 新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣, Hepburn: Shin Zatōichi: Yabure! Tōjin-ken, lit. ' New Zatoichi Break! Chinese Sword ') (Chinese: 獨臂刀大戦盲侠; pinyin: Dú bì dāo dàzhàn máng xiá), also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman and The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal, is a 1971 Japanese-Hong Kong chambara / wuxia ...
It is the twenty-sixth entry in a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi, released 16 years after the twenty-fifth film in the series Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973). The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period. [3]
Zatoichi at Large was released in Japan on 15 January 1972 where it was distributed by Toho. [1] It was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles in September 1973. [1] The film has been released under alternate titles, including The Blind Swordsman on a Mission. [1] The film was followed by Zatoichi in ...
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (座頭市果し状, Zatōichi hatashijō) is a 1968 Japanese chambara film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures ).