Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman: On the Road

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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman: On the Road

Title	Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman: On the Road (1963)
Runtime	1 hr. 27 min.
Studio	Criterion Collection
Genres	Action and Adventure \| Drama \| Foreign Language
Description	To return a servant girl to her family and help her escape a lascivious feudal lord, Zatôichi takes on two deadly yakuza gangs.

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Samaritan ZatoichiMovie (1:22:53)
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Zatoichi's Cane SwordMovie (1:33:08)
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Title	Runtime	Air Date	User Rating	Queue
Samaritan Zatoichi	1:22:53	12/28/1968
Zatoichi and the Fugitives	1:22:16	08/10/1968
Zatoichi Challenged	1:26:38	12/30/1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword	1:33:08	01/03/1967
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage	1:22:31	08/13/1966
Zatoichi's Vengeance	1:22:47	05/03/1966
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert	1:27:24	12/24/1965
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man	1:17:30	09/18/1965
Zatoichi's Revenge	1:23:29	04/03/1965
The Adventures of Zatoichi	1:26:12	12/30/1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight	1:27:39	10/17/1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword	1:22:12	07/11/1964
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold	1:22:28	03/14/1964
On the Road	1:27:50	11/30/1963
The Fugitive	1:26:11	08/10/1963

2 days ago

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I'm sure there are several stock actors even with speaking roles. On the old Columbo series, Patrick McGoohan played the murderer four times. Zatoichi reminds quite a bit of Columbo in that he acts like a bumbling blind guy but there is a bright mind behind the facade. See 10 other replies

5 days ago

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Because they used "live" or sharp swords, and not props?

There's very little actual "swordsmanship" here. They weren't hiring people who could "handle a sword", they were just actors in the studio's "stable". That's how the "studio" system worked; the actors signed contracts with a studio, who then paid them a salary and used them in however many movies they wanted to as long as the contract lasted. So they weren't going out and re-hiring the same people on a per-movie basis like they do today. See 10 other replies

7 months ago

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Are you trying to say they all look alike???

Yeah, I figured it was more like a troupe to hire the same usual suspects. Once you can find/hire the someone who can handle a sword (and not cut themselves) you probably want to hang onto them.

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about 1 year ago

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sword canes and staves are not as rare as you seem to think, they were just uncommon. During the Meigi Era sword canes and staves were much more plentiful due to the fact that carrying a sword was outlawed and the samurai still wanted to carry them. As for useing a rifle during the era that Zatoichi takes place it was considered dishonorable and cowardly to use one. See 1 other reply

about 1 year ago

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Between ep 4&5 how did Zatoichi get his sword back?? Its a very nice and special type of sword, since its actually concealed in a cane. But i thought that should've been explained since he is useless without it. And how come noone tried to shoot him with a rifle?? that would've been quick and easy. Sometimes this series is just too farfletched even beyond the super blind man theme.

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got hooked from the very first episode. a real treasure from the past!

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I think it was common for studios to hire a certain amount of actors instead of having revolving actors. thats why you might see some of them over and over and in differnt series/movie by the same studio See 10 other replies

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