In the same year of “Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold”, director Kazuo Ikehiro would make his second installment within the hugely popular “Zatoichi”-franchise. He would return to the series with “Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage” in 1966 leaving his brand in the series of films with what may as well be the most spiritual film of the whole franchise. As with his previous film, in “Zatoichi’s Flashing Sword” Ikehiro took a rather banal story and turned it into another quite entertaining film, starring Shintaro Katsu who, by that time, was undeniably linked to the character of Zatoichi and enjoyed the success it brought him, as indicated by his gain in weight, a subject of some jokes in the film.
At the beginning we see the familiar scene of Zatoichi being chased by a couple of yakuza after cutting down their boss. Eventually he is shot, but later...
At the beginning we see the familiar scene of Zatoichi being chased by a couple of yakuza after cutting down their boss. Eventually he is shot, but later...
- 3/28/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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