by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
This Japanese adventure is the first in what would become a long series of films chronicling the many adventures of Zatoichi, the blind gambler and former samurai, who travels the islands of Japan to play dice games, give massages, and right any wrongs he runs across. In this outing, he finds himself trying to stop a terrible gang war in the Shimosa prefecture.
characteristics
themes
keywords
Samurai
Superhero
sword
masseuse
blindness [physical]
gangster
killing
gambling
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