Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) travels to a town where women are treated as mere objects to be bought and sold. Dark Lord Yamikubo (Masayuki Mori)—who happens to be blind like Zatoichi—takes a liking…
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Wang Kang, the one-armed swordsman, gets himself in hot water when he rescues a young boy from execution, forcing him into the life of a hunted outlaw. Zatoichi soon meets the same boy along with his…
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When a pregnant woman dies while giving birth, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) takes it upon himself to find the baby’s father in the town of Shioba. When he arrives, however, he only finds the baby’s…
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Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) tries to save an old woman in distress, but ends up inadvertently causing her death. When he discovers the woman’s daughter is working as a prostitute, he vows to save her…
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Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) winds up back in his hometown by chance, a place he hasn’t stepped foot in over 20 years. Even so, people still remember him from his wild youth. He even discovers he has…
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Zatoichi gets mixed up in a turf war between two Yakuza families while trying to defend the poor and expose a corrupt town official.
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Takeshi Kitano takes on the role immortalized by the late Shintaro Katsu. As a blind masseuse wandering the countryside in search of clientele, Zatoichi often runs into trouble as thugs and gangsters often…
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Takashi Miike’s Zatoichi stage play starring Show Aikawa will air on WOWOW in high definition on February 16, 2008.
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Trailer for the Zatoichi TV series which ran from 1974-1979 and starred Shintaro Katsu.
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The official website for Junji Sakamoto’s Zatoichi: The Last Days has been updated with a trailer. According to various news reports last year, the title is very literal and this film will indeed…
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Here’s a 15-second TV spot for Takashi Miikes Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City, the sequel to his 2004 collaboration with screenwriter Kankuro Kudo. The film is set in the year 2025 in Zebra…
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The official website for Takashi Miike’s Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City has been updated with a new teaser and TV spot. Like the 2004 film, the script was handled by Kankuro Kudo (Ping Pong, Maiko…
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In 1978 Shinichi became obsessed with a science fiction show about a superhero called Zebraman who fought strange creatures in the year 2010. It is now 2010 and Shinichi takes the opportunity to make his…
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In 1978 Shinichi became obsessed with a science fiction show about a superhero called Zebraman who fought strange creatures in the year 2010. It is now 2010 and Shinichi takes the opportunity to make his…
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A violent bio-engineered space outlaw called Zeiram takes refuge on Earth but has been followed by a female bounty hunter named Iria (Yuko Moriyama) and her computer assistant, Bob. She sets a dimensional…
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A violent bio-engineered space outlaw called Zeiram takes refuge on Earth but has been followed by a female bounty hunter named Iria (Yuko Moriyama) and her computer assistant, Bob. She sets a dimensional…
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Trailer for Banmei Takahashi’s “Zen”, due out in Japan on January 10, 2009. The film centers around a 13th century philosopher named Dogen, who founded the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism in…
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Here’s the first teaser for Isshin Inudo’s “Zero Focus”, the second film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto’s whodunit mystery novel which was original published serially in Kobunsha’s…
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Second teaser for Isshin Inudo’s “Zero Focus”, the second film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto’s whodunit mystery novel which was original published serially in Kobunsha’s…
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The full trailer has been released for Isshin Inudo’s “Zero Focus”, the second film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto’s whodunit mystery novel which was original published serially…
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