The 4 star review upsets me. Zatoichi is a Charlie Chaplin character with super powers. His enthusiasm for eating, drinking,gambling and care for others makes him interesting. Being blind he is easily victimized except his powers protect him. He has no home and every film ends with him shambling down the road. This is inventive, hiigh order formula storytelling.
I like the set piece sword fights but they're secondary to the motivation and character of our hero.
There are many Chambra films with lots of action. What r u doing here? To judge Zatoichi films by the amount of swordplay is infuriatingly superficial and largely irrelevant.
I like the set piece sword fights but they're secondary to the motivation and character of our hero.
There are many Chambra films with lots of action. What r u doing here? To judge Zatoichi films by the amount of swordplay is infuriatingly superficial and largely irrelevant.