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Zatoichi the outlaw / Toho Co. Ltd. ; directed by Satsuo Yamamoto ; produced by Masaichi Nagato ; screenplay by Koji Matsumoto, Takehiro Nakajima, Kiyokata Saruwaka. Zatoichi challenged / Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. ; directed by Kenji Misumi ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Ryozo Kasahara. Zatoichi and the fugitives / Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. ; directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Kinya Naoi.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Yamamoto, Satsuo, 1910-1983, film director.
Nagato, Masaichi, film producer.
Matsumoto, Kōji, 1944- screenwriter.
Nakajima, Takehiro, 1935- screenwriter.
Saruwaka, Kiyokata, screenwriter.
Katsu, Shintarō, 1931-1997, actor.
Mikumi, Rentaro, actor.
Nishimura, Kō, actor.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, film production company.
Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., film production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series:
Criterion collection ; 679.
Zatōichi, the blind swordsman ; 16-18.
The Criterion collection ; 679
Language:
English
Japanese
Subjects (All):
Shimozawa, Kan, 1892-1968--Film adaptations.
Shimozawa, Kan.
Shimozawa, Kan, 1892-1968.
Swordsmen--Japan--Drama.
Swordsmen.
Blind--Japan--Drama.
Blind.
Yakuza--Japan--Drama.
Yakuza.
History.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Drama.
Japan.
Genre:
Swashbuckler films.
Martial arts films.
Film adaptations.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (95 min., 86 min., 82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Distribution:
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2013]
Language Note:
In Japanese with subtitles in English.
System Details:
Blu-ray disc, Region A; widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono.
digital optical Dolby Digital
video file Blu-ray disc
Summary:
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen's great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman.
Participant:
Zatoichi the outlaw: Shintaro Katsu, Rentaro Mikumi, Ko Nishimura, Yuko Hamada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa.
Zatoichi challenged: Shintaro Katsu, Jushiro Konoe, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka, Mikiko Tsubouchi.
Zatoichi and the fugitives: Shintaro Katsu, Takashi Shimura, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyosuke Machida, Yumiko Nogawa.
Credits:
Zatoichi the outlaw: cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa; editor, Kanji Suganuma; music, Sei Ikeno.
Zatoichi challenged: cinematographer, Chkashi Makiura; editor, Toshio Taniguchi; music, Akira Ifukube.
Zatoichi and the fugitives: cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa; editor, Kanji Suganuma; music, Hajime Kaburagi.
Notes:
Title from container.
Videodisc release of three motion pictures originally produced in 1967.
Based on characters created by Kan Shimozawa.
Local Notes:
Issued by The Criterion Collection as one disc in a twenty-seven disc set, entitled Zatoichi, the blind swordsman. University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these discs separately.
Contains:
Zatoichi challenged.
Zatoichi and the fugitives.
ISBN:
9781604658002
1604658002
OCLC:
905228134
Publisher Number:
715515112116 (set)
CC2330BDDVD-16 The Criterion Collection

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