Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru
Directed by:
Tokuzō TanakaScreenplay:
Hajime TakaiwaCinematography:
Kazuo MiyagawaComposer:
Akira IfukubeVOD (1)
Plots(1)
The blind swordsman meets a dying man who makes Zatoichi promise to deliver a large sum of money to his young son, Taichi. Zatoichi's skill with his sword results in the death of several of the men, and Taichi sees Zatoichi as a second father. But a blind monk forces Zatoichi to question the violence of his existence and his future as a swordsman. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
Truly quite a dark story that shows that it is still possible to move forward, that it is possible to come up with a new development of the story. It was successful here, and thanks to the absence of humor - although not complete - a story unfolds in front of you, where Zatoichi's disability is dealt with even more and differently than in other films.
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