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  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest
  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest review by A customer from Leeds
    Rated - 5 stars Blood Fest 30 January 2006
    ...This is the last of Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi movies. Unlike many samurai slashers this one takes it's time to establish Zatoichi's carachter and his relationship with his s...  

Shintaro Katsu - filmography


  • Roningai on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Yoshio Harada,  Shintaro Katsu,  Kunie Tanaka
    Director: Kazuo Kuroki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This thrilling Japanese crime drama follows the tradition of samurai revenge movies that the country is so expert at producing. A heady, nonstop mix of sex, violence, drama, and action, RONIN-GAI tells takes place on the seedy outskirts of Tokyo's old city. When a group of prostitutes are murdered, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 407 members
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  • Tokyo - The Last Megalopolis on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Kyusaku Shimada,  Mieko Harada
    Director: Akio Jissoji
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Over a thousand years ago, Masakado was executed for crimes against humanity, but his evil spirit remained dormant. Waiting. And when disturbed by Kato, the demonic psychic, who's attempting to use it to plunge Tokyo into chaos, only Keiko, a lone warrior descended from Masakado, can stand against ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 116 members
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  • Zatoichi In Desperation on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Kiwako Taichi,  Kyoko Yoshizawa
    Director: Shintaro Katsu
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On his continuing journey, Zataoichi accidentally cause the death of an old woman. Attempting to find her daughter he arrives at a geisha house where she is held by a bond. In an attempt to help his hands are crippled but he still has to overcome those who want him dead...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 275 members
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  • Zatoichi at the Fire Festival on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Tatsuya Nakadai
    Director: Kenji Misumi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    It is Tempo-era Japan in the nineteenth century. Zatoichi is on his travels again. They will bring him to a village where the Boss of All Bosses, Yamikubo, holds sway, a man known as the Prince of Darkness. This is a place where women can be bought at auction… and if the bidder is unlucky enough to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 286 members
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  • Zatoichi The Outlaw on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Mikuni Rentaroo,  Hamada Yunko
    Director: Yamamoto Satsuo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The blind swordsman, who is always ready to fight for justice, returns in another adventure from the long running series of Japanese action films. This time Zatouchi finds himself in the middle of a feud between two rival gangs.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 424 members
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  • Zatoichi's Pilgrimage on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Hisaya Morishige,  Etsushi Takahashi
    Director: Kazuo Mori
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a girl is assaulted on the highway Zatoichi finds himself acting as midwife to a dying woman. He heads for a nearby village to deliver the baby to its father, Satoro, but on the way is cheated and stoned by local people. Satoro's sister is about to become a sex slave because of an unpaid debt ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 300 members
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  • Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Toshiro Mifune,  Ayako Wakao
    Director: Kihachi Okamoto
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A blind man returns to a village, of which he was once very fond. Upon his return however, he finds that things have changed considerably. There are two factions vying for power and people are getting killed... Japanese dialogue.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 623 members
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  • Hanzo The Razor (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu
    Director: Yasuzo Masumura,  Kenji Misumi,  Yoshio Inoue
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Collection of three samurai epics, including SWORD OF JUSTICE, THE SNARE and WHO'S GOT THE GOLD? The HANZO films skilfully blend traditional Japanese swordplay with sexploitation elements, creating an inimitable style that became an instant cult phenomenon when they were released in the early seventies.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 104 members
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Shintaro Katsu facts

5 most recent films

Roningai - 2.5 stars
Tokyo - The Last Megalopolis - 2.0 stars
Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman - 3.5 stars
Zatoichi At The Blood Fest - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi In Desperation - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman - 3.5 stars
Zatoichi At The Blood Fest - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi Meets The One Armed Swordsman - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi The Outlaw - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tokyo - The Last Megalopolis - 2.0 stars
Roningai - 2.5 stars
Ambush At Blood Pass - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival - 3.0 stars
Hanzo The Razor - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Toyomi Kusano - 2 times - show films
Yuya Uchida - 2 times - show films
Takanori Jinnai - 2 times - show films
Toshiro Mifune - 2 times - show films
Kiwako Taichi - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kenji Misumi - 2 times - show films
Yasuzo Masumura - 2 times - show films
Kimiyoshi Yasuda - 2 times - show films
Kazuo Kuroki - 1 times - show films
Yoshio Inoue - 1 times - show films