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9 videodiscs (2196 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (95 pages : color illustrations ; 17 x 19 cm)
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Originally released as 25 individual motion pictures from 1962 to 1973
Based on the novel by Shimozawa Kan
"The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen's great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and metes out justice in every town and village he enters. The films that feature him are variously pulse-pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off-the-wall. This deluxe set features the string of twenty-five Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973."--Container label
"Blu-ray special edition features: Digital restoration of all twenty-five films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. The blind swordsman, a 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and filmmaker Shintaro Katsu, along with an interview with its director, John Nathan; Interview with Asian-film critic Tony Rayns; Trailers for all twenty-five films; Plus: A book featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien; synopses of the films by critic, novelist, and musician Chris D.; "The Tale of Zatoichi, " the original short story by Kan Shimozawa; and twenty-five illustrations inspired by the films, by twenty-five different artists."--Container label
Cinematographers, Chikashi Makiura, Shozo Honda, Kazuo Miyagawa, Yasukazu Takemura, Fujio Morita, Hiroshi Imai, Senkichiro Takeda ; art directors, Akira Naito, Seiichi Ota, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Shigeru Kato, Shigenori Shimoishizaka ; music, Akira Ifukube, Ichiro Saito, Sei Ikeno, Taichiro Kosugi, Seitaro Omori, Hajime Kaburagi, Isao Tomita, Kunihiko Murai, Mitsuo Miyamoto ; editors, Kanji Suganuma, Takashi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Yamada, Toshio Taniguchi, Yoshiharu Hayashi
The tale of Zatoichi: Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada, Gen Mitamura, Shigeru Amachi, Michiro Minami, Eijiro Yanagi, Toshio Chiba, Manabu Morita, Yoichi Funaki, Eigoro Onoe, Ikuko Mori, Chitose Maki, Kanae Kobayahsi. The tale of Zatoichi continues: Shintaro Katsu, Kenzaburo Jo, Yoshie Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Yutaka Nakamura, Eijiro Yanagi. New tale of Zatoichi: Shintaro Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Seizaburo Kawazu, Mieko Kondo, Chitose Maki, Matasaburo Niwa, Yutaka Nakamura, Fujio Suga
Zatoichi the fugitive: Shintaro Katsu, Miwa Takada, Masayo Banri, Junichiro Narita, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Jutaro Hojo, Hiroshi Nawa, Toru Abe. Zatoichi on the road: Shintaro Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryuzo Shimada, Matasaburo Niwa, Yutaka Nakamura, Reiko Fujiwara, Sonosuke Sawamura, Shosaku Sugiyama, Yoshio Yoshida. Zatoichi and the chest of gold: Shintaro Katsu, Shogo Shimada, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Machiko Hasegawa, Kenzaburo Jo, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Hikosaburo Kataoka, Matasaburo Niwa, Saburo Date
Zatoichi's flashing sword: Shintaro Katsu, Naoko Kubo, Mayumi Nagisa, Ryutaro Gomi, Tatsuo Endo, Yasushi Sugita, Yutaka Nakamura, Bokuzen Hidari, Ryosuke Kagawa, Koichi Mizuhara, Takashi Edajima, Shintaro Nanjo, Hachiro Misumi, Yoichi Funaki, Ikuko Mori. Fight, Zatoichi, fight: Shintaro Katsu, Hizuru Takachiho, Nobuo Kaneko, Yoshi Kato, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Jutaro Hojo, Koji Fujiyama, Toranosuke Tennoji, Ikuko Mori, Nobu Kawaguchi, Teruko Oomi. Adventures of Zatoichi: Shintaro Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Taki, Mikijiro Hira, Akitake Kono, Tomosaburo II, Koichi Mizuhara, Kichijiro Ueda, Jotaro Senba, Nakajiro Tomita, Ikuko Mori, Yusaku Terashima, Daimaru Nakata, Racket Nakata, Tokio Oki, Hajime Koshikawa
Zatoichi's revenge: Shintaro Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Norihei Miki, Takeshi Kato, Fujio Harumoto, Mayumi Kurata, Sachiko Kobayashi, Sanpei Taira, Saburo Date, Sonosuke Sawamura, Koji Fujiyama, Yusaku Terashima. Zatoichi and the doomed man: Shintaro Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama, Eiko Taki, Masako Akeboshi, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Ryuzo Shimada, Koichi Mizuhara, Manabu Morita, Gen Harada, Sachiko Murase, Kazuo Moriuchi, Tokio Oki, Hajime Koshikawa, Yukio Horikita. Zatoichi and the chess expert: Shintaro Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizuru Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki, Gaku Yamamoto, Taro Marui, Ryutaro Gomi, Rokko Toura, Fujio Suga, Jutaro Hojo, Takuya Fujioka, Saburo Date, Ichiro Yamamoto, Tatsuo Endo, Keiko Koyanagi, Kanae Kobayashi, Naoko Fujiyama
Zatoichi's vengeance: Shintaro Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Mayumi Ogawa, Kei Sato, Jun Hamamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yukiko Komura, Michi Azuma, Masanori Machida, Koichi Mizuhara, Saburo Date, Kazue Tamaki, Yokio Horikita, Gen Kimura, Jun Fujikada, Sumao Ishihara, Hideo Kuroki, Kazuko Taniguchi. Zatoichi's pilgrimage: Shintaro Katsu, Michiyo Yasuda, Takahiko Tono, Isao Yamagata, Ryutaro Gomi, Jotaro Senba, Hisashi Igawa, Kunie Tanaka, Masao Mishima, Manabu Morita, Saburo Date, Yukio Horikita, Shosaku Sugiyama, Yusaku Terashima, Seishiro Hara, Jun Katsumura, Tokio Oki, Ryonosuke Azuma, Keiko Sono, Masako Morishita, Kanae Kobayashi. Zatoichi's cane sword: Shintaro Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Kiyoko Suizenji, Makoto Fujita, Eijiro Tono, Junichiro Yamashita, Ryutaro Gomi, Fujio Suga, Masako Akeboshi, Masumi Harukawa, Tatsuo Endo, Koichi Mizuhara, Saburo Date, Gen Takasugi, Eigoro Onoe, Yusaku Terashima, Gen Kimura, Ryuji Kita
Zatoichi the outlaw: Shintaro Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Ko Nishimura, Yuko Hamada, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Takuya Fujioka. Zatoichi challenged: Shintaro Katsu, Jushiro Konoe, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Mie Nakao, Takao Ito, Asao Koike, Midori Isomura, Tatsuo Matsumura, Eitaro Ozawa, Jotaro Senba, Kojiro Kusanagi, Kenzo Tabu, Osami Nabe, Akihisa Toda, Koji Fujiyama, Koichi Mizuhara, Ikuko Mori. Zatoichi and the fugitives: Shintaro Katsu, Yumiko Nogawa, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyosuke Machida, Takashi Shimura, Shobun Inoue, Hosei Komatsu, Jutaro Hojo, Jotaro Senba, Hiroshi Hijikata, Koichi Mizuhara, Seishiro Hara, Shozo Nanbu, Ichiro Yamamoto, Ryuji Funahashi, Sachio Horikita, Hajime Koshikawa
Samaritan Zatoichi: Shintaro Katsu, Yoshiko Mita, Makoto Sato, Ko Nishimura, Takyua Fujioka, Chocho Miyako, Akira Shimizu, Ryutaro Gomi, Takeshi Date, Rokko Toura, Ryoichi Tamagawa, Machiko Soga, Osamu Ookawa, Shosaku Sugiyama, Gen Kimura, Yasuhiro Minakami, Akira Moroguchi. Zatoichi meets Yojimbo: Shintaro Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shin Kishida, Kanjuro Arashi, Shigeru Koyama, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Minori Terada, Hideo Sunazuka, Daigo Kusano, Toshiro Mifune. Zatoichi goes to the fire festival: Shintaro Katsu, Reiko Ohara, Peter, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Ko Nishimura, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Kunie Tanaka, Osami Nabe, Jun Nagasawa, Toshie Shoji, Reiji Shoji, Masayuki Mori, Tatsuya Nakadai
Zatoichi meets the one-armed swordsman: Shintaro Katsu, Yuko Hama, Koji Nanbara, Michie Terada, Toru Abe, Takamaru Sasaki, Tokue Hanazawa, Shinsuke Minami, Shiro Ito, Mutsuo Totsuka, Jimmy Wang. Zatoichi at large: recited by Katsutaro Tamagawa ; Shintaro Katsu, Hisaya Morishige, Etsushi Takahashi, Naoko Otani, Nikaku Shofukutei, Ikkaku Tanabe, Toshie Shoji, Reiji Shoji, Keizo Kanie, Shigako Shimegi, Takumi Shinjo, Rentaro Mikuni. Zatoichi in desperation: Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa, Joji Takagi, Asao Koike, Masumi Harukawa, Naoe Fushimi, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Shuji Otaki, Jukei Fujioka, Shinkan Koume, Terou Matsuyama, Kazuko Tajima, Rokku Furukawa, Katsuo Nakamur
Zatoichi's conspiracy: Shintaro Katsu, Yukiyo Toake, Takashi Shimura, Kei Sato, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Tatsuo Endo, Shiro Kishibe, Rie Yokoyama, Gen Takamori, Naoyuki Asahina, Osamu Sakai, Eiji Okada
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Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles