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Availability: Special Order - Usually ships within 3-6 business days. Once you order it, we will order it from our supplier and ship it out to you. We do not bill you for Special Order items until they ship. You cannot cancel Special Order items after purchase. AKA: Zatoichi Kenka-Daiko || Blind Swordsman Samaritan || Zatoichi: The Fighting Drums Director: Kenji Misumi Producer: Akihiko Murai Released: 1968 [Japan] Genre: Swordplay/Sword(s)     Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure Keywords:  Blindness || Gambling || Gangs / Gangsters || Japan / Japanese || Loan Shark || Prostitute / Prostitution || Samurai

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Avg. Rating:	4 / 5 (based on 3 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	Zatoichi is hired to kill a man who owes a huge gambling debt. But when the victim's sister arrives with the money, which she has earned through prostitution, Zatoichi vows to protect her, and steps in to fight the loan shark for her honor.
Overview:	In one of the most unusual films of the series, Zatoichi is hired to kill a man who owes a huge gambling debt to a yakuza boss. But the boss' true motives are exposed when the victim's sister, Osode, arrives with the money to pay back the debt, which she has acquired through prostitution. Realizing he has been tricked, Zatoichi vows to protect the young woman, and steps in to fight the gang boss for her honor. The result is a stunning display of violent swordplay that will appeal to any action fan.
Cast:	Shintaro Katsu  ||  Yoshiko Mita  ||  Makoto Sato  ||  Ko Nishimura  ||  Takuya Fujioka  ||  Chocho Miyako  ||  Akira Shimizu  ||  Ryoichi Tamagawa  ||  Machiko Soga  ||  Ryutaro Gomi (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	82 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 (OAR) Mono Trailers Newly Translated Subtitles Restored