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Shintaro Katsu closed out his powerful string of "Zatoichi" films with one of the best. He was in his early thirties when he began the series, playing a humble but deadly blind masseur who felt for the downtrodden and was consistently disappointed with human mendacity and cruelty. In the early films, Ichi was open to love and the idea of settling down in a world free of the Yakuza, but was continuously drawn back into the martial world. As the character and actor grew older (Shintaro Katsu was approximately 57 at the time of this final movie), the stories became increasingly pessimistic: there was no place in normal life for Ichi, who must keep on trudging from town to town with no love, friends, or hope of respite. This is a dark and cheerless film, but a very well made one. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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I was pleasantly surprised by this film. its pacing is near perfect, the story though simple suits the movie just fine, Zatoichi is an incredible fighter when you see the first fight scene in this movie your jaw will drop. I was totally caught off guard by just how cool Zatoichi is he's blind, he's old, he seems out of shape you would never think this man could be so deadly. but when he takes out that cane sword limbs are gonna fly it's a must have for any martial arts fan. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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