The hundred episodes of the TV series followed 1970s TV dynamics: Zatoichi was (mostly) unchanging from one episode to the next, and the 45-minute episodes (allowing for 15 minutes of advertisement ...
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But there’s still enough “Beat” in Kitano for him to retain his impish streak. In “The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi,” more so than any other Kitano film save for the little-known “Getting Any?,” a gag is ...
Classic cult film streamer Cultpix has struck a 31-film deal from three immensely popular franchises with Japan’s Kadokawa Daiei Studio at Berlin’s ongoing European Film Market (EFM). The deal ...
Blind Meng, played by Mo Tse, is a blind bounty hunter with a mysterious past who hunts wanted criminals during the twilight years of the Tang Dynasty, where corruption and lawlessness spread across ...
There are no showtimes for Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action ...
Japanese characters were usually portrayed as cruel and dishonourable in the Hong Kong martial arts films of the 1960s and 1970s. But such on-screen animosity did not stop Hong Kong production ...
There are no showtimes for Zatoichi and the Doomed Man. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in ...
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