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Zatoichi meets the one-armed swordsman / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda ; produced by Shintaro Katsu ; screenplay by Takayuki Yamad, Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Zatoichi at large / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Kazuo Mori ; produced by Shintaro Katsu, Hiroyoshi Nishioka ; screenplay by Kinya Naoi. Zatoichi in desperation / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Shintaro Katsu ; produced by Shintaro Katsu, Hiroyoshi Nishioka ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 679.
- Zatōichi, the blind swordsman ; 22-24.
- 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 (94 min., 90 min., 95 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, NTSC, Region A; widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono.
- digital optical Dolby Digital
- Blu-ray disc NTSC
- video file Blu-ray disc region A
- 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 meets the one-armed swordsman: Shintaro Katsu, Jimmy Wang, Yuko Hamaki, Michie Terada, Koji Nambara.
- Zatoichi at large: Shintaro Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Hisaya Morishige, Etsushi Takahashi, Naoko Otani.
- Zatoichi in desperation: Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Katsuo Nakamura, Asao Koike, Kyoko Yoshizawa.
- Credits:
- Zatoichi meets the one-armed swordsman: cinematography, Chikashi Makiura; editor, Toshio Taniguchi; music, Isao Tomita.
- Zatoichi at large: cinematography, Fujio Morita; editor, Toshio Taniguchi; music, Kunihiko Murai.
- Zatoichi in desperation: cinematography, Fujio Morita; editor, Toshio Taniguchi; music, Kunihiko Murai.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Videodisc release of three motion pictures produced in 1971 (Zatoichi meets the one-armed swordsman) and 1972 (Zatoich at large, and Zatoichi in desperation).
- Based on characters created by Kan Shimozawa.
- Local Notes:
- Issued by The Criterion Collection as one disc in a twenty-seven disc set under the title Zatoichi, the blind swordsman. University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these discs separately.
- Contains:
- Zatoichi at large.
- Zatoichi in desperation.
- ISBN:
- 9781604658002
- 1604658002
- OCLC:
- 905245425
- Publisher Number:
- 715515112116 set
- CC2330BDDVD-22
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