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1973 Certificate 15
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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 measuring box is the real reason .. Read more

Starring Shintaro Katsu, Yukiyo Toake, Takashi Shimura
Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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Zatoichi At The Blood Fest cover art

Zatoichi At The Blood Fest

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 measuring box is the real reason the town are unable to pay their taxes. Zatoichi has no alternative but to confront his friend...

Starring Shintaro Katsu, Yukiyo Toake, Takashi Shimura
Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Studio WARRIOR
Run time DVD: 1 hr 28 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 1973
Format DVD

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  • 1 stars out of 4

    The twenty-fifth movie, and last in the series, until Shitaro Katsu attempted to revive it sixteen years later; melancholy in mood, it concentrates on the hero's conflicting emotions as he discovers the past he knew is dead, culminating in a brutal battle

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 5 stars

    Blood Fest

    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 sibling as well as with Shinbei his former best friend and now sucessful merchant. The film also dwells on the exploitation of the working class farmers by corupt officialdom and rapacious capitalists.

    When the slashing starts it is as brutal and as visualy stunning as any of it's predecssors and is more effective because it's placed in the emotional context of a personal and political betrayal by Shinbei. Zatoichi's carachter is a nice balance of the drunken womanizing gambler and the moral protector. The action takes place in Zatoichi's home town and has the feeling of a wanderer coming to the end of his pilgrimage.

      • A customer from Leeds
      • Posted 30 Jan 2006 21:24

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    Rated - 3 stars

    INTRESTING

    INTRESTING MOVIE, BUT NO MATCH FOE THE LATESST VERSION OF SATOICHI

      • A customer from SCOTLAND
      • Posted 24 Nov 2006 01:18

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      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 ...