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Shintaro Katsu



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Shintaro Katsu - what members say


  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest
  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest review by A customer from Leeds
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review

Shintaro Katsu - filmography


  • Roningai
  • Roningai (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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 420 members
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  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest
  • Zatoichi At The Blood Fest (1973)
    Starring: Shintaro Katsu,  Yukiyo Toake,  Takashi Shimura
    Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Zatoichi meets up with a childhood friend, Shinbei, who has returned home a successful businessman. His home town is unable to pay its taxes and Shinbei pays the bill much to the town's delight. However, his intentions are far from pure as he is in league with a corrupt magistrate whose outsized ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 270 members
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  • Zatoichi In Desperation
  • 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...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 299 members
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  • Zatoichi at the Fire Festival
  • 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 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 319 members
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  • Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
  • 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 336 members
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  • Hanzo The Razor
  • Hanzo The Razor (3 discs)
    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.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 147 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 Meets The One Armed Swordsman - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi At The Blood Fest - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage - 3.0 stars
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Tale of Zatoichi - 3.5 stars
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

Most frequent co-stars

Toyomi Kusano - 2 times - show films
Kiwako Taichi - 2 times - show films
Yuya Uchida - 2 times - show films
Toshiro Mifune - 2 times - show films
Kyoko Yoshizawa - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kenji Misumi - 6 times - show films
Yoshio Inoue - 4 times - show films
Yasuzo Masumura - 4 times - show films
Kimiyoshi Yasuda - 2 times - show films
Akio Jissoji - 1 times - show films

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