Zatoichi: To die or not to die.

He revenges Otane's death.
Zatoichi The Fugitive - 1963
Zatoichi Kyojo-Tabi

[@fw1421]

I was so impressed with his films I bought the beautiful box set of DVD’s. Great series of films.

[@austinkoontz2845]

4:09, hidden knife in the hilt. Cool. Ingenious.

[@Johnnytotal]

Two sweaty men in a swamp, honor before a life in peace. But the legend of Zatoichi must go on.

[@dongiano]

Can a person be a hero without being honorable? Weapons like the blade in his sword handle aren't very honorable weapons in those times. Just an opinion. Maybe I'm off

[@Headbangyaa]

まさか持ち手側にも仕込んであったなんて…

[@椎名次郎]

今回この作品だけの特別仕様の仕込み杖じゃないのかな

[@trimule]

The old swordsmith cautioned him in a previous movie that his blade had a tiny crack near the handle and would break when struck there.

[@jeremiahwasfrog]

In the same film, the smith switched his blade out with a new one. Also, the smith happened to be an apprentice of whoever made Ichi's first sword.

[@GreatLummoxFilms]

That was 9 films later.

[@trentdevlaminck9927]

He switched the blade without him knowing, a parting gift

[@からすカラス-v4f]

万里昌代さん好きだったですね〜どの役も薄幸な女の演技が上手かったですね🤔🙄🥰

[@goosecouple]

Amazing cinematography and acting !

[@齋木好幸]

素晴らしい間合いですね！

[@齋木好幸]

有難う御座います

[@josephpowelliii9169]

The true master never gives up....and this is exactly why!!!😊

[@suwandisuwandi64]

Amazing film.thank you very much

[@alanoffer]

A gunfight in a western can never compete with this. No way

[@kovona]

Or we can just enjoy things from different cultures and genres without making it a competition.

[@artophile7777]

It can. Everything is cool in this world

[@impettus]

The bad guy Samurai looks a bit like Toshiro Mifune.

[@Matteo-ks6fn]

I'm no japanese, no samurai but i know enough to hear my wife saying: Don't go after Zatoichi! Doing the opposite is like facing Mike Tyson, insulting him and spending the rest of evening collecting you own teeth: very, very silly!

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

Is Zatoichi very popular?

[@Matteo-ks6fn]

@@cheerful_crop_circle Well, it's a saga going from early '60 to XXI Century and don't know how many movies. Found through Kitano's and went all the way back.

[@sullywinn4225]

And yet, he more than held his own! he exploited Ichi's smaller/weaker blade and nearly won. Unexpectedly, he wanted to win like a true samurai, with his opponent on their feet, and Zatoichi took that opportunity to use his hidden blade. From my recollection, this may be the closest Ichi came to losing blade to blade. He also had a close call in "Zatoichi Challenged" but was forced to throw away his sword.

[@Matteo-ks6fn]

@@sullywinn4225 Yep, but Ichi plays always at handicap (no pun invented) so... Anyway, yes, i know samurais had right to cut anyone, anywhere, anytime if lower caste but i'm not keen to those who strike down women so my heart isn't bleeding. And yes, he acted right to Ichi. Yes, remember the blade-crack issue but don't remember what was the ending, but Ichi cutting bad guy down. That's always my favorite part...

[@manfredrichthofen1142]

a legend

[@higashiya-h4p]

仕込み杖の秘密の秘密？みたいな話のオチが見る側からして想像外の展開は ずいぶん前から娯楽映画の必須要素みたいになっている気もしますが 60年代前半の時代劇ですからね。。クールです

[@川上貴之-b8w]

座頭市と浪人との戦いの前の音楽、ゴジラを聞いている感じがしました

[@仁科博美-x8g]

伊福部昭さんだからねぇ。ワイは上空に「轟天号」現れそうな気がしました

[@川上貴之-b8w]

なるほどです。自分今54歳ですが勝新太郎さんの座頭市を見始めたのはつい1～2年程前です。本当に面白いとは思わなかったです

[@RobertoGonzalez-id1de]

Magnificent sword fighting, I love it !! ❤❤❤ ( 06-14-24 ) Friday

[@cozmahnut]

Funfact that broken piece of the sword would still kill if you know what you're doing and does zatochi ever know what he's doing.But that dagger was a nice trick not ever shown ever, until this scene.

[@696330]

まさに起死回生のシーン！市っつぁん、良く遣った！

[@lamfrevisited1226]

2:33　勝新のことだから、足元の砂塵も計算通りなんだろうなあ😉

[@sousapereirawagner08gmail]

Ótimos protagonista e antagonista, parabéns pelo efeito real de uma saga de zatoshi .😮

[@seletarroots3258]

A million times better and more authentic than this manga crap...

[@OLDMANTEA]

Ichi should fight at night when he has the easy advantage

[@川上貴之-b8w]

座頭市と浪人、徳利🍶を真っ二つするシーンで出くわしていますよね

[@britsonbaker277]

I thought that was Akemi getting thrown off the horse for a split second

[@dongiano]

Japanese movies from this era are so much better than Chinese. The sound effects were top tier for the time, their choreography was excellent, and the films were just more fun to watch. I respect the Chinese classics, mainly because some of my favorite martial arts films wouldnt exist without the classics, but its like watching children play fight, while the sound effects are so muffled they make me cringe. These are probably the best Japanese martial arts/swordfighting movies ever made.

[@carlosluismendez7392]

Actually, the Chinese were influenced by chanbara movies. The template for martial arts movies is Sugata Sanshiro. Zatoichi 's production company Daiei was a well oiled machine for period dramas during this era. They had amazing directors, cinematographers , editors and writers. The japanese are great storytellers.

[@Zero_Tester]

Yup these period of Japanese film/show was way better than Chinese or Korean show from the era,too bad nowadays the talent already dried up in Japan filmmaking

[@ronwest7930]

I could see a version of this where Ichi goes to Washington and has to deal with the vermin there.

[@CoolGuyStuff]

Ya that would be awesome, but these scumbag democrats are untouchable at this point. Even a blind man can see that!

[@zot2676]

It's on us now brother.

[@BeinGabriel-bf2zm]

Intense.

[@eliazarcortez4554]

Me pueden decir el titulo de esta pelicula... aun no la veo ...

[@caractaco]

Zatoichi El Fugitivo

[@paulweaver6064]

Fighting in the spirit world is still possible to cut with steel

[@klytouch5285]

Yeah.. hmmm I abandoned cut along time ago.. hmmm I miss my sword.

[@klytouch5285]

Why is steel so important to you.. ?? It is not that logical to have it you know.. Living in peace and let die.. hmmm.. that is my way of living without steel.. 😊

[@paulweaver6064]

@@klytouch5285 It’s what our spines are made of

[@klytouch5285]

@@paulweaver6064 yeah.. it used to be.. But I want another kind of spine.. A logical, constructive , effective approach for our species common good.. and that is cognitive mass psychosis that except the very fact that we as a species living in a confined home world and out there in space it is cold you can't breathe, and without gravity your body will wasted away.. And that is the kind of logical steel that I need for my species of humanity objective.. not military spending waste for control in a society full of independent sovereign nations state of the world the embodiment of gangsters paradise bought and sold weapons in a gangster style of ambitions to show off and control the dwindling resources of our confined world.. hmmm.. I want that kind of steel.

[@brewcology]

Ichi needed a Hantori Hanso steel

[@筒井健-e5r]

仕込み杖の更に仕込み。

[@amalharidas5475]

The worst zatoichi killing ever

[@川上貴之-b8w]

座頭市と対戦した浪人をやった俳優さん誰ですか？

[@mutuki0195]

wikiによると北城寿太郎という方だそうです

[@川上貴之-b8w]

教えていただきありがとう🎉ございます。

[@FUJI-l8x]

@@mutuki0195 さん さすがですね。北城寿太郎に間違いないです。

[@gelaymanheyres7916]

insult to a samurai to pull his katana?

[@battennagasaki]

Exactly

[@permadifauza5251]

😆 hero always win

[@franciscocamara4163]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@川上貴之-b8w]

刀が切れましたがどうなっているんですか？

[@橋本ひろき-y8d]

ヒビが入ってると刀鍛冶に忠告受けてた

[@川上貴之-b8w]

教えていただきありがとうございます。刀鍛冶、東野英二郎さんですか

[@user-qr2wu8vn5f]

F 140cm M 150cm

[@adityasharma3228]

That's #शंन्नंन्नंन्नंन्नंन्नंन्नंन

[@creolakuck3267]

KKK-? KKK-?? KXX-?? KZZ-?? -??

[@moamoacyan3715]

つまらない