#679m: TANAKA, Tokuzo: Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
TANAKA, Tokuzo (Japan)
Zatoichi's Vengeance [1966]
Spine #679m
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Zatoichi encounters a dying man, who asks the itinerant masseur to deliver a bag of money to his young son; he agrees to fulfill the request, finding the boy in a village terrorized by criminals. This is the first entry to scrutinize the swordsman's methods, as a blind monk confronts Zatoichi about his violent approach to problem solving and Zatoichi finds the child turning to the same bloodstained path.
82 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2013
Director/Writers
Original story by Kan Shimozawa.
Screenplay by Hajime Takaiwa.
Takuzo Tanaka was 41 when he directed Zatoichi's Vengeance.
Other Tanaka films in the Collection:
#679c: New Tale Of Zatoichi (1963)
#679d: Zatoichi The Fugitive (1963)
The Film
Other Tanaka films in the Collection:
#679c: New Tale Of Zatoichi (1963)
#679d: Zatoichi The Fugitive (1963)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
100-page booklet featuring an essay by Geoffrey O’Brien and the original story, The Tale of Zatoichi by Shimozawa.
Commentary
None.
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
100-page booklet featuring an essay by Geoffrey O’Brien and the original story, The Tale of Zatoichi by Shimozawa.
Commentary
None.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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