The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

Name: The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: Sep 06, 2003
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Yasuda

116 min

Sep 06, 2003

Japanese

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

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The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (also know as Zatôichi) full movie is released on Sep 06, 2003. Watch The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi online - the Japanese Action movie from Japan , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $34,196,922. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi is directed by Takeshi Kitano and created by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano.

Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.

As know as:

Zatôichi, Zatouichi, Zatoici, Zatoichi - Der blinde Samurai, Zatoichi - Sokea samurai

Release Date:

Jul 23, 2004

Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 15, 2009

Countries:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Stream Service:

Miramax Films

Production Companies:

Asahi National Broadcasting Company, Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment

Official Site:

Artificial Eye (United Kingdom)

Gross worldwide:

$34,196,922

Taglines:

His Sword Made Him a Hero... His Courage Made Him a Legend. This Summer, Justice is Blind.

challenge stabbed in the throat embassy gun based on novel murdered with a sword memory sword throwing

Reviews

Antonia Quirke

London Evening Standard

This film is a shebang, a full-scale show, complete with everything you would happily pay to see: costumes, tattoos, scratchy folk music, gambling in saki dens. You will eat it up.

by rottentomatoes, Dec 20, 2017

Christy Lemire

Associated Press

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi begins life as a straight-up samurai movie, evolves into a slapstick comedy and ends as a rousing, tap-dancing musical.

by rottentomatoes, May 27, 2011

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

This non-traditional samurai movie isn't for kids.

by rottentomatoes, Dec 28, 2010