Adventures of Zatoichi

Adventures of Zatoichi (1965)

Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Costume Adventure, Samurai Film  |   Run Time - 86 min.  |   Countries - Japan  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bruce Eder

Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the blind swordsman, encounters an elderly man who claims to be his long-lost father. The nomadic warrior, who has never had any personal ties to anyone as an adult, believes that he may finally have found a bond with his past. Only later does he discover that the man is an imposter. In contrast to most of the movies in this long-running series, Adventures of a Blind Man, by the very nature of its plot, offers a look into the background of the blind swordsman.

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blindness [physical], family-history, impostor, master [expert], swordsman