Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Zatoichi, motherfucka!  Put this on late last night on the quest to finally finish my Zatoichi box set.  Man, this was another badass one. It starts with a bloodshed scene.  Literally, Zatoichi strikes
a bully and a bloody fountain erupts.  That was the only blood spraying scene in this movie but there were a lot of other awesome battles.  As with every other Zatoichi film, Zatoichi wanders into another village full of trouble.  This time he is targeted by a group of fugitives who are hiding for a few days.  Zatoichi saves a female servant from a yakuza, kills a random snake, and drinks sake with his enemies.  The usual.  He comes very close in getting killled in this one.  Zatoichi is golden though.
7 more Zatoichi films to see before placing the box set with the rest of my collection.  Fuck yeah!