Shin zatô Ichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken (1971)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Scénaristes:

Kan Shimosawa (story)
Takayuki Yamada (writer)

Date de sortie:

13 janvier 1971 (Japan)

Genre:

Drame | Action | Aventure

Accroche:

A legendary figure in Japan is Zatoichi - the blind masseur with healing hands and a swift sword.

Plot Keywords:

Katana | Quarry | One Armed Man | Reverse Footage | Samurai

Récompenses:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Clash of Cultures

Ensemble

Shintarô Katsu	...	Zatôichi
Yu Wang	...	Wang Kong
Watako Hamaki	...	Sen
Michie Terada	...	Yone
Kôji Nanbara	...	Kakuzen
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Tôru Abe	...	Boss Toubei
Katsutoshi Akiyama
Yuutaroo Ban
Yi Chang	...	Shamo
Yuuji Hamada
Tokue Hanazawa
Seishirô Hara
Tsutomu Hashimoto
Shirô Itô	...	Stooge
Tadashi Iwata
Masato Kagawa
Jun Katsumura	...	Toubei yakuza
Kanae Kobayashi	...	Shige
Goro Kumon
Gen Kuroki
Yuzou Kusakawa
Noritake Matsuda
Shinsuke Minami	...	Henoichi
Shoji Mori
Junjiro Niida
Osamu Okawa
Hitoshi Omae
Jun Ôsugi
Takamaru Sasaki
Kyôichi Satô	...	Yakuza
Jun Satomi
Mitsuo Totsuka	...	Kame
Ling Wang	...	Yumay (as Su Lin)
Ichirô Yamamoto

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal
Zatôichi 22 (Japan) (informal title)
Zatoichi Meets His Equal
Zatoichi Meets His Match
Zatoichi Meets the 1-Arm Swordsman
Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi and the One Armed Swordsman

Durée:

94 min

Pays:

Japan | Hong Kong

Langue:

Japonais | Mandarin

Couleur:

Couleur (Daieicolor)

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Australia:M

Société:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Anecdotes:

The last Zatoichi film produced by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (which had went bankrupt). Toho Company took over the films for the rest of the decade (along with Shintarô Katsu's own Katsu Productions, which coproduced the films since 1967).

Connexions:

Suite de Zatôichi senryô-kubi (1964)

Clash of Cultures

Every culture has it's own fictional world that some obsess and linger in. America has James Bond, a film series spanning over 20 films and 6 actors! Japan has Zatoichi! But, the difference is that only one actor is synonymous with Zatoichi, and that's Shintarô Katsu. And even though the series has it's share of clichés (as do all long running movie series) that are even present in this film Zatoichi has a message that resonates through all his films, and that is one of how to treat people. In this Outing he is paired with The One-Armed Swordsman (Jimmy Yu Wang), another famous Asian Swordsman who hails from Shaw Bros. of China.

This film which features amazing and thrilling action sequences also has a thoughtful side as frustrating scenes between Zatoichi and The One-Armed Swordsman take place, as neither can understand or interpret each others speech which leads to misunderstandings and eventual tragedy. Zatoichi encounters The One-Armed Swordsman with a child in hand that he has rescued from a band of Samurai. But Zatoichi follows and helps the two until he returns from getting food to only find them gone. They are wanted, and Zatoichi is forced to brutally fight to save the lives of those affected. With this film you do not come away with a fully mesmerized Summer Blockbuster mood, but it makes you go away with a sad and epic feeling that is induced by the films exciting and symbolic ending that proves the depth of this series' theme - "Treat others as you want to be treated"