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Zatôichi the Outlaw (1967)
Avventura, Azione, Dramma
Zatoichi e il giocatore di scacchi
Mentre è in viaggio per l'isola di Honsu, lo spadaccino cieco Zatoichi stringe amicizia con un guerriero samurai appassionato del gioco degli scacchi. Arrivati, i due hanno uno scontro con dei malviventi nel quale resta gravemente ferita una bambina. Zatoichi si offre di pagarle le cure e, durante la sua breve permanenza nel luogo, si batte contro dei membri della Yakuza.
Zatôichi, il benefattore
Il samurai cieco Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), abilissimo con la katana, è costretto a uccidere un uomo in debito con un boss della yakuza. La sorella del defunto, Osode (Yoshiko Mita), giunge intanto dal boss per saldare i conti con i soldi guadagnati prostituendosi. In realtà la yakuza ha altri interessi, così Zatoichi cerca di riparare all'errore proteggendo Osode.
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
Zatôichi's Pilgrimage
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
Zatôichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
Zatôichi's Flashing Sword
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
Zatôichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
Combatti, Zatoichi, combatti!
In un' imboscata contro l'abile spadaccino cieco Zatoichi, resta uccisa una giovane donna mentre cerca di protegegre il figlio neonato. Zatoichi decide così di prendersi cura dell'infante e di portarlo al padre affrontando un lungo viaggio con gli assassini sempre in agguato. Arrivato a destinazione, verrà accolto in maniera molto diversa da quella attesa
Zatoichi Challenged
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.
Adventures of Zatôichi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Zatoichi's Revenge
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
New Tale of Zatoichi
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.
Zatôichi the Fugitive
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.
La storia di Zatoichi
Zatoichi, massaggiatore cieco molto abile nell'uso della katana, viene invitato dal ricco Sukegoro al suo villaggio. Qui rimane invischiato in una guerra tra clan rivali.
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1950. Sullo sfondo delle guerre tra clan malavitosi per l'ascesa al potere si svolge la storia d'amore tra il neo yakuza Shoji Yamanaka e la nipote del potente boss Muraoka, Yasuko. Questa lo porta a casa dopo che è stato violentemente malmenato nel suo locale, ma Muraoka ritiene la situazione sconveniente per una vedova che ha perso il marito, kamikaze nella seconda guerra mondiale appena terminata. Muraoka trasferisce quindi Shoji nella propria dimora e offre a Yamanaka, che accetta, di entrare al suo servizio, ma questi ne suscita presto l'ira facendosi troppo audace con la nipote. Shoji fugge quindi a Iizuka, Kyushu, dove si fa un nome, e torna a Hiroshima un anno dopo per unirsi definitivamente al clan di Muraoka, che l'ha nel frattempo perdonato.
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