Zatoichi

List creator: JHeneghan Created on: March 11, 2004 - 9:13 AM PST Description: Zatoichi Movies - This list is to help me keep track of what I've seen. All these GC films involve Shintaro Katsu but they don't have #14 (rights in dispute) And is #26 really part of the series?

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi (I) (1962)			Not Rated
A blind masseuse becomes a master swordfighter, beset by doubts, forlorn in love, and always willing to pay back those that would take advantage of a blind man.
	Zatoichi: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (II) (1962)
Shintaro Katsu stars in a long running series of a blind sword fighter. Here he revisits the site of the first movie to pay his respects to the samurai he killed.
	Zatoichi: The New Tale of Zatoichi (III) (1963)
Here Z returns to his sensei and falls in love with the sensei's sister and she with him. The Sensei does not care for this and yet another sword is raised against Z.
	Zatoichi: The Fugitive (IV) (1963)
You kill just one Yakuza and they won't leave you alone, ever. Here Z helps two youngsters find happiness despite their family's quarrels.
	Zatoichi: On the Road (V) (1963)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (VI) (1964)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (VII) (1964)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi: Fight, Zatoichi Fight (VIII) (1964)			Not Rated
	Adventures of Zatoichi (IX) (1965)
	Zatoichi's Revenge (X) (1965)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (XI) (1965)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (XII) (1965)
	Zatoichi's Vengeance (XIII) (1966)
	Zatoichi's Cane Sword (XV) (1967)
	Zatoichi: The Outlaw (XVI) (1967)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi Challenged (XVII) (1967)
	Zatoichi and the Fugitives (XVIII) (1968)
	Samaritan Zatoichi (XIX) (1968)
	Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (XX) (1970)			Not Rated
20th - Shintaro Katsu Meets Toshiro Mifune - Very good characterizations.
	Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (XXI) (1970)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (XXII) (1971)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi at Large (XXIII) (1972)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi in Desperation (XXIV) (1972)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi's Conspiracy (XXV) (1974)			Not Rated
	Zatoichi (XXVI) (1989)			Not Rated
Shintaro Katsu writes and directs