Kan Shimozawa
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Zatoichi, the blind masseur and undefeatable swordsman, is caught in turf war between rival gangs, is determined to clear his name after being accused of stealing, and vows to protect an innocent woman attacked by assassins sent to kill him.
2) Ichi
Publisher
Funimation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
日本語
Description
Beautiful Ichi wanders blindly from village to village, searching for the sightless swordsman who long ago taught her to kill. Her technique is exquisite and explosive, her defenses as impenetrable as the darkness in which she moves. Many along her solitary path are touched, some by the sound of her delicate music, others by the edge of her lethal blade.
Series
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
Zatoichi, the blind masseur and undefeatable swordsman, is caught in turf war between rival gangs, becomes a wanted man when he learns of a lord's dangerous secret, returns home to discover his teacher has been working for kidnappers, and seeks vengeance on a powerful ronin, dueling with his most skilled samurai.
Series
Zatōichi volume 1
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
This the movie that introduced the legend of Zatoichi, ushering in a new era of the Japanese samurai film. Practicing his trade as a masseur in a small province, Zatoichi finds himself caught in a turf war between rival yakuza gangs. Aware of Zatoichi's reputation as an undefeatable swordsman, yakuza leader Sukejoro tries to hire him--unsuccessfully--as a mercenary. But it's too late. The other gang leader, Shigezo, hires a warrior with an equally...
Series
Zatōichi volume 2
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
When Zatoichi discovers the lord who has hired him suffers from a madness that, if made public, would bring ruin to his empire and the livelihood of the samurai warriors he employs, the blind masseur becomes a wanted man for the secret he now possesses. Attacked at every turn by the crazed lord's samurais and hired yakuza thugs, Zatoichi manages to escape relatively unscathed. But in a final duel, masseur Ichi must face his old foe, the infamous one-armed...
Series
Zatōichi volume 3
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
With more killer swordsmanship, romance and action-packed drama, the Blind Swordsman is back in the first color episode of the Zatoichi series. Masseur Ichi returns to his home village to discover that his former teacher has been hiring out his swordsmanship skills to a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Meanwhile, the mentor's sister offers herself in marriage to Zatoichi, who must decline because of the danger it would bring to any woman Ichi was known...
Series
Zatōichi volume 4
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
Zatoichi seeks bloody vengeance on a ruthless gang and a powerful ronin. Arriving in the village of Shimonita, Ichi learns that a local gang has placed a bounty on his head. A powerful hired ronin attacks Ichi and nearly claims his life, but when a defenseless woman is slain by the assassin, Ichi can no longer control his rage. After laying waste to the entire gang, Ichi's final duel becomes a deadly meeting of the samurai's superior swordsmanship...