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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Boxset - The Criterion Collection
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THE ADVENTURES OF THE LEGENDARY BLIND SWORDSMAN IN A KILLER, TWENTY‐FIVE FILM SET!
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest‐running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning‐fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy SHINTARO KATSU became an instant superstar, lending a larger‐than‐life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honour and delivers justice in every town and village he enters. The films that feature him are variously pulse pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off‐the‐wall. This deluxe set features the string of twenty‐five Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973.
Includes 25 Films:
- THE TALE OF ZATOICHI
- THE TALE OF ZATOICHI CONTINUES
- NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE
- ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD
- ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD
- ZATOICHI’S FLASHING SWORD
- FIGHT, ZATOICHI
- FIGHT ADVENTURES OF ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI’S REVENGE
- ZATOICHI AND THE DOOMED MAN
- ZATOICHI AND THE CHESS EXPERT
- ZATOICHI’S VENGEANCE
- ZATOICHI’S PILGRIMAGE
- ZATOICHI’S CANE SWORD
- ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW
- ZATOICHI CHALLENGED
- ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES
- SAMARITAN ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO •
- ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL
- ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE‐ARMED SWORDSMAN
- ZATOICHI AT LARGE
- ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION
- ZATOICHI’S CONSPIRACY
Features:
- Digital restorations of all twenty‐five films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- The Blind Swordsman, a 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and filmmaker
- Shintaro Katsu, along with a 2013 interview with its director, John Nathan
- Interview from 2013 with Asian‐film critic Tony Rayns
- Trailers
PLUS:
A book featuring –
- An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
- Synopses of the films by critic, novelist, and musician Chris D.
- “The Tale of Zatoichi,” the original short story by Kan Shimozawa
- Twenty‐five illustrations inspired by the films, by twenty‐five different artists: Cover by Ron Wimberly. Additional illustrations by Greg Ruth, Paul Pope, Scott Morse, Samuel Hiti, Josh Cochran, Evan Bryce, Ricardo Venâncio, Robert Goodin, Yuko Shimizu, Jorge Coelho, Vera Brosgol, Matt Kindt, Connor Willumsen, Patrick Leger, Jim Rugg, Jhomar Soriano, Angie Wang, Ming Doyle, Caitlin Kuhwald, Benjamin Marra, Bill Sienkiewicz, Andrew MacLean, Polly Guo, Barnaby Ward, Victor Kerlow.
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- TBC
- 15
- Shintaro Katsu
English
- 1962
- 1973
- Japanese
- 9
- B
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Boxset - The Criterion Collection
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THE ADVENTURES OF THE LEGENDARY BLIND SWORDSMAN IN A KILLER, TWENTY‐FIVE FILM SET!
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest‐running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning‐fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy SHINTARO KATSU became an instant superstar, lending a larger‐than‐life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honour and delivers justice in every town and village he enters. The films that feature him are variously pulse pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off‐the‐wall. This deluxe set features the string of twenty‐five Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973.
Includes 25 Films:
- THE TALE OF ZATOICHI
- THE TALE OF ZATOICHI CONTINUES
- NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE
- ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD
- ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD
- ZATOICHI’S FLASHING SWORD
- FIGHT, ZATOICHI
- FIGHT ADVENTURES OF ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI’S REVENGE
- ZATOICHI AND THE DOOMED MAN
- ZATOICHI AND THE CHESS EXPERT
- ZATOICHI’S VENGEANCE
- ZATOICHI’S PILGRIMAGE
- ZATOICHI’S CANE SWORD
- ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW
- ZATOICHI CHALLENGED
- ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES
- SAMARITAN ZATOICHI
- ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO •
- ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL
- ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE‐ARMED SWORDSMAN
- ZATOICHI AT LARGE
- ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION
- ZATOICHI’S CONSPIRACY
Features:
- Digital restorations of all twenty‐five films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- The Blind Swordsman, a 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and filmmaker
- Shintaro Katsu, along with a 2013 interview with its director, John Nathan
- Interview from 2013 with Asian‐film critic Tony Rayns
- Trailers
PLUS:
A book featuring –
- An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
- Synopses of the films by critic, novelist, and musician Chris D.
- “The Tale of Zatoichi,” the original short story by Kan Shimozawa
- Twenty‐five illustrations inspired by the films, by twenty‐five different artists: Cover by Ron Wimberly. Additional illustrations by Greg Ruth, Paul Pope, Scott Morse, Samuel Hiti, Josh Cochran, Evan Bryce, Ricardo Venâncio, Robert Goodin, Yuko Shimizu, Jorge Coelho, Vera Brosgol, Matt Kindt, Connor Willumsen, Patrick Leger, Jim Rugg, Jhomar Soriano, Angie Wang, Ming Doyle, Caitlin Kuhwald, Benjamin Marra, Bill Sienkiewicz, Andrew MacLean, Polly Guo, Barnaby Ward, Victor Kerlow.
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- TBC
- 15
- Shintaro Katsu
English
- 1962
- 1973
- Japanese
- 9
- B
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