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Zatoichi Collection (Box Set)

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Number of Discs
1

Release Date
24/05/2004

Studio
ArtsMagic

format
DVD / Box Set

Duration
284

Certificate UK
15

Description

A triple bill of samurai action starring Shintar Katsu as legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi. In 'Zatoichi the Outlaw' (1967), Zatoichi (Katsu) becomes embroiled in gang warfare when he arrives in the peasant village of Kiyotaki. While the local gang boss encourages the locals to gamble their way into poverty and starvation, his rival Asagoro (Rentaro Mikuni) champions the peasants, paying their debts personally and ensuring that they have enough to eat. Zatoichi takes Asagoro's side in the conflict, and offers his deadly services in support of the cause, but is the situation as clear-cut as it seems? Zatoichi is on his travels again in 'Zatoichi at the Fire Festival' (1970). When he witnesses an auction where women are sold to the highest bidder, Zatoichi rescues a beautiful woman from her fate - but in doing so, he incurs the wrath of her sex-starved buyer (Tatsuya Nakadai). He also comes up against the Yakuza Boss of all Bosses, Yamikubo (Masayuki Mori) - aka 'the Prince of Darkness' - who turns out, like Zatoichi himself, to be blind. Yamikubo tries everything he can to get rid of Zatoichi, who stands in the way of his corrupt and extremely lucrative tax-collecting schemes. When assassins fail to kill Zatoichi, Yamikubo lays a complex and powerful trap with a beautiful young woman (Reiko Ohara) at its centre. In 'Zatoichi in Desperation' (1972), Zatoichi sets out to track down the daughter of an elderly woman whose death he unintentionally caused while negotiating a treacherous rope bridge. When he finds out that the daughter, Nishigiki (Kiwaiko Taichi), is a prostitute, Zatoichi vows to save her from her career, and sets out to earn some money to help her. Unfortunately he becomes embroiled in some shady business with a yakuza gang, leading to plenty of expert swordplay - and an alarmingly high body count.

Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
Director: Yamamoto Satsuo
Director: Kenji Misumi
Director: Shintarô Katsu
Producer: Shintarô Katsu
Producer: Nagata Masakazu
Producer: Yoshinobu Nishioka
Producer: Masakazu Nagata
Writer: Shintarô Katsu
Writer: Kan Shimozawa
Writer: Shimosawa Hiroshi
Writer: Minoru Inuzuka
Music: Isao Tomita
Actor: Katsu Shintaro
Actor: Mikuni Rentaroo
Actor: Shintarô Katsu
Actor: Rentaro Mikuni
Actor: Hamada Yunko
Music: Kunihiko Murai
Actor: Yuko Hamada
Actor: Tatsuya Nakadai
Actor: Reiko Ohara
Actor: Masayuki Mori
Actor: Kiwako Taichi
Actor: Kô Nishimura
Actor: Kyoko Yoshizawa
Actor: Joji Takagi
Actor: Yasuhiro Koume
Actor: Tomoo Koike
Actor: Asao Koike
Actor: Katsuo Nakamura
Actor: Peter

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
Zatoichi Collection (Box Set)|Katsu Shintaro

Alternative Title
Zatoichi the Outlaw/Zatoichi at the Fire Festival/Zatoichi in D..

Colour
Colour

Region
Region 2

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 1
High Definition extras tbc

Extras 2
Languages(s): Japanese, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Scene Access

Extras 3
Biographies, Bonus Footage, Image Gallery, Trailers

Catalogue Number
AM008D

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