| The Blind Swordsman's Flashing Sword |
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| Genre: | Art/Foreign |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Cast: | Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintaro Katsu, Naoko Kubo |
The blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) goes up against an ambitious crime boss who isn't above kidnapping and murder. He must rescue a fireworks specialist who has been kidnapped for his expertise with gunpowder as a weapon. This film tells us something of the origins of Zatoichi's training in martial arts, as a way of compensating for his blindness, and his preferred method of using darkness as a weapon against sighted opponents. Bruce Eder
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