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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
- 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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