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Abstract/Sommario: (Zatoichi's Revenge) Nearing the village of his sensei, Zatoichi decides to pay the teacher a visit, only to learn that he has been murdered and his daughter forced into prostitution. Ichi’s investigation into these injustices uncovers a corrupt alliance between government officials and criminals, putting the blind swordsman on a bloody path of retribution in one of the series’ darkest entries.
(Zatoichi and the Doomed Man) An elderly prisoner accused of murder begs Zatoichi to find e ...; [Leggi tutto...] (Zatoichi's Revenge) Nearing the village of his sensei, Zatoichi decides to pay the teacher a visit, only to learn that he has been murdered and his daughter forced into prostitution. Ichi’s investigation into these injustices uncovers a corrupt alliance between government officials and criminals, putting the blind swordsman on a bloody path of retribution in one of the series’ darkest entries.
(Zatoichi and the Doomed Man) An elderly prisoner accused of murder begs Zatoichi to find evidence of his innocence. The blind swordsman, for the first time, chooses not to help, but fate has other plans for him. Director Issei Mori, who played a significant role in getting Shintaro Katsu cast as Zatoichi in the first place, shows his filmmaking flair, delivering bloody battles and raucous humor while mischievously upending narrative expectations.
(Zatoichi and the Chess Expert) Kenji Misumi, who directed the first installment of the Zatoichi series, returns with this tale in which the blind swordsman once again finds himself the protector of a child: a little girl pursued by both devious family members and bloodthirsty ruffians. Further complicating his journey is a new acquaintance—a tremendously skilled chess player (the charismatic Mikio Narita) who has mysterious motivations and a dark past.

Abstract/Sommario: L'ascesa al potere in Giappone di Naritsugu, il giovane e spietato signore feudale, sembra inarrestabile. Fratello dello shogun, Naritsugu gode dell'immunità ed è protetto da un potente esercito. Al fine di bloccare questa scia di violenza, il Gran Ciambellano Doi recluta Shinzaemon Shimada, che insieme a un gruppo di abili samurai progetterà la trappola per assassinare il terribile nemico.

Abstract/Sommario: Naritsugu, giovane e crudele signore feudale, minaccia la stabilità del suo paese, esercitando un potere sanguinario. Fratello dello shogun, Naritsugu non è obbligato a sottoporsi al giudizio della legge. Per fermarlo, l'onorevole Doi recluta in gran segreto Shinzaemon Shimada, nobile samurai, pianificando l'assassinio di Naritsugu e ponendo fine al massacro. Shinzaemon Shimada organizza un'imboscata, insieme ad un valoroso gruppo di impavidi samurai i quali, per contrastare il crudele ...; [Leggi tutto...] Naritsugu, giovane e crudele signore feudale, minaccia la stabilità del suo paese, esercitando un potere sanguinario. Fratello dello shogun, Naritsugu non è obbligato a sottoporsi al giudizio della legge. Per fermarlo, l'onorevole Doi recluta in gran segreto Shinzaemon Shimada, nobile samurai, pianificando l'assassinio di Naritsugu e ponendo fine al massacro. Shinzaemon Shimada organizza un'imboscata, insieme ad un valoroso gruppo di impavidi samurai i quali, per contrastare il crudele dittatore, si troveranno a fronteggiare il sanguinario esercito di Naritsugu, guidato dallo spietato Hanbel, consapevoli che questa potrebbe essere, per tutti, l'ultima battaglia.

Abstract/Sommario: Lungometraggio basato sul bestseller "Il delfino" dell'australiano Sergio Bambarén, esperto surfista. Racconta la storia del delfino sognatore Daniel che, invece di dedicarsi alla pesca quotidiana come fa tutto il resto del branco, preferisce giocare con le onde della barriera corallina. E così, stanco di vivere sempre nelle stesse acque, si spinge oltre i confini della laguna, da sempre considerati invalicabili. Alla ricerca dell'onda perfetta da cavalcare e del suo destino.

Abstract/Sommario: (Zatoichi's Vengeance) Zatoichi encounters a dying man, who asks the itinerant masseur to deliver a bag of money to his young son; he agrees to fulfill the request, finding the boy in a village terrorized by criminals. This is the first entry to scrutinize the swordsman’s methods, as a blind monk confronts Zatoichi about his violent approach to problem solving and Zatoichi finds the child turning to the same bloodstained path.
(Zatoichi's Pilgrimage) Troubled by his violent past, Zato ...; [Leggi tutto...] (Zatoichi's Vengeance) Zatoichi encounters a dying man, who asks the itinerant masseur to deliver a bag of money to his young son; he agrees to fulfill the request, finding the boy in a village terrorized by criminals. This is the first entry to scrutinize the swordsman’s methods, as a blind monk confronts Zatoichi about his violent approach to problem solving and Zatoichi finds the child turning to the same bloodstained path.
(Zatoichi's Pilgrimage) Troubled by his violent past, Zatoichi begins a journey to a series of shrines for a dose of cleansing spirituality. But as always, trouble isn’t far behind, and the blind swordsman soon finds himself defending a widow from the self-interest of ruthless thugs and despicable townsfolk. Written by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba), this fourteenth Zatoichi is a scathing attack on the upper classes and those who wield power, both in the criminal underworld and everyday society.
(Zatoichi's Cane Sword) Wearying of his wandering lifestyle, Zatoichi yearns to settle down; unfortunately, when he does so it’s in a town overrun by yakuza. He has an eye-opening encounter with the town’s blacksmith, who reveals himself to be the apprentice of the man who forged Zatoichi’s legendary cane sword, and informs Zatoichi that it’s a hairline crack away from snapping. The news prompts Zatoichi to hang up his sword, yet leaving the fighting life and his code of honor behind proves not to be so simple.