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The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.
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Eiko Takashiro
- Sen
- (as Eiko Taki)
Jôtarô Senba
- Shinsuke
- (as Jotaro Senba)
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- TriviaThe Daruma appears throughout the film. Daruma is considered to be talisman of good luck to the Japanese. They are also seen as a symbol of perseverance and are often seen as gifts of encouragement.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Zatoichi's hair length and the darkness around his eyes changes from scene to scene or sometimes within the same scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Best in Action: 1964 (2020)
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Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Kimiyoshi Yasuda, who directed Zatoichi #5 ("On the Road") which is my least favorite of the bunch so far, returns for #9, generically titled/translated as Adventures of Zatoichi, which turned out to be my second least favorite Zatoichi film right after #5. This isn't the last Zatoichi film directed by Yasuda either, so I hope his later efforts will be better.
With a title like Adventures of Zatoichi, you can only expect two things. Either the plot is so generic that they couldn't describe it any way else so they went with the most commonplace title possible, or this entry in the series actually has some fresh and imaginative, well, adventures, to offer. Unfortunately, the former approach is the case here. #9 just doesn't offer anything new to the table that already hasn't been explored in the series yet. Yes, we do have a fake-out concerning the where-abouts of Ichi's father, but aside from that, the only characters that make this film stand out are two comedians at the start. I also remember there were two kids in red kimonos in this movie. Yes, it didn't really stick in my memory.
The music feels too loud and intrusive in this film, and the color work is, like in #5, pretty bland with endless variations of gray hues and dark spaces. There are some interesting compositions in the final 20 minutes, but aside from that, the film looks the same as it feels, as a cookie-cutter placeholder without much to offer.
Highlight of this particular film would have to be the duel between Zatoichi and some villain in a snowy field, I think.
With a title like Adventures of Zatoichi, you can only expect two things. Either the plot is so generic that they couldn't describe it any way else so they went with the most commonplace title possible, or this entry in the series actually has some fresh and imaginative, well, adventures, to offer. Unfortunately, the former approach is the case here. #9 just doesn't offer anything new to the table that already hasn't been explored in the series yet. Yes, we do have a fake-out concerning the where-abouts of Ichi's father, but aside from that, the only characters that make this film stand out are two comedians at the start. I also remember there were two kids in red kimonos in this movie. Yes, it didn't really stick in my memory.
The music feels too loud and intrusive in this film, and the color work is, like in #5, pretty bland with endless variations of gray hues and dark spaces. There are some interesting compositions in the final 20 minutes, but aside from that, the film looks the same as it feels, as a cookie-cutter placeholder without much to offer.
Highlight of this particular film would have to be the duel between Zatoichi and some villain in a snowy field, I think.
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- Aug 3, 2015
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- Паломничество Затоичи
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) officially released in India in English?
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