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Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 2 - The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman Vol 2 - The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Actors: Shintarô Katsu, Yaeko Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Yutaka Nakamura
Director: Kazuo Mori
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Television
UR     2002     1hr 12min

Non-stop action, a deadly love triangle, and a mysterious one-armed samurai round out the second installment in the legendary Zatoichi series. When Zatoichi discovers the lord who has hired him suffers from a madness that ...  more »

     
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Actors: Shintarô Katsu, Yaeko Mizutani, Masayo Banri, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Yutaka Nakamura
Director: Kazuo Mori
Creators: Shozo Honda, Koji Taniguchi, Ikuo Kubodera, Kan Shimosawa, Minoru Inuzuka
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Television
Sub-Genres: Martial Arts, Indie & Art House, Television
Studio: Home Vision Entertainment
Format: DVD - Black and White,Widescreen,Letterboxed - Dubbed
DVD Release Date: 05/14/2002
Original Release Date: 10/16/1979
Theatrical Release Date: 10/16/1979
Release Year: 2002
Run Time: 1hr 12min
Screens: Black and White,Widescreen,Letterboxed
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 4
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Languages: Japanese, English
Subtitles: English

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Movie Reviews

Series Gets Better and Better
Mark vonSchlegell | Chicago, Illinois United States | 05/28/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the second in a series of 20-plus films about traveling masseur, petty gangster, and deadly swordsman Zatoichi. This film looks a tad better than the first one. HVE is to be commended for putting these films out in a widescreen format as well as trying to restore them to their original luster. After all, this is a nearly 40 year old movie! This film builds on some of the characters and situations from the first one so it's advisable to get that one first. One thing about this series is that it relies on as much dialogue as it does action. Zatoichi is a likable rogue, but he's not turned into a total scoundrel. If you're serious about collecting Japanese cinema, as well as good martial arts films, then the Zatoichi films are a must buy. Trivia Note: the one armed samurai in this film is played by Shintaru Katsu's real life brother-Kenzaburo Jo, who later took the name Tomisaburo Wakayama and went on to play the character Itto Ogami in the "Lone Wolf and Cub/Shogun Assassin" series."
Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol 2
Dennis Shields | Victorville, Ca | 02/25/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"In the early seventies, I was enamored of the Zatoichi and Sword of Vengence movies produced in Japan, and viewed at the Toho Brea Theatres in Los Angeles. When the Toho closed down, these movies were lost to me and others. Now, they are back, on DVD, with Japanese wording and good subtitles! Thank you for making these great works of Movie History available again! Everything about them is excellent!! 10 stars would be better!!"
Zatoichi's Best.
Bill Lee | Florida | 10/20/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've seen basically all of the 'Zatoichi' films and this is far and away the best. Although it's relatively short (75 minutes or so), it's got well-coreographed fight scenes, great acting (when he's not killing three people at a time, you'd think Shintaro Katsu was really blind), and all sorts of wonderful plot twists. In this film, Zatoichi develops more as a character rather than as a gimmick. Although the first film was superb, we really only got to see that he was this avenging angel from the yakuza, if such a thing is not a contradiction in terms. This time around, however, we get to see more of what motivates Ichi as well as some more insight into his past. We are introduced in this chapter to Ichi's law-breaking brother, played by Tomisaburo Wakayama (who was Shintaro Katsu's brother in real life as well). We learn that the two had previously feuded over the same woman to the point that Ichi cut off his brother's arm in a fit of rage. While all this is going on, Ichi is being pursued by Kanbei, an assassin sent to dispatch Ichi before he can tell of Kanbei's lord's insanity. In his pursuit of Ichi, Kanbei hooks up with Sukegoro, Ichi's employer from the previous installment who has a score to settle with the blind swordsman. These various groups all come into conflict with one another at various points and make for a film that is simultaneously action-packed and well thought out. Highest recommendations."
Top notch Ichi.
Matthew Phillips | Knoxville, Tennessee United States | 11/16/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Yet another good offerring in the Zatoichi series of films. About the only thing I can offer that I have not seen mentioned before in any of the reviews is that this one is a fair bit shorter than part one but it has quite a bit more action than the first. At any rate, and most importantly, if you liked the first, you will like the second as well as the rest of the recent releases on dvd( of which they are apparantly going to release the first seventeen films in the Zatoichi series.). Also, a company called animeigo has the rights to a few of the later Zatoichi films and are supposedly planning on releasing them in the near future as well."