Zatoichi (2003)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
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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What critics compared Zatoichi to
In addition to this week's "House of Flying Daggers," recent months have brought "Hero," also directed by Zhang Yimou, plus Takeshi Kitano's remake of the Japanese samurai classic "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi" and "Vol.
And now we have M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," in which Bryce Dallas Howard plays a blind woman in danger, and "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi," starring Takeshi Kitano, as the cult Japanese hero, a laid-back yet lethal fighting machine.