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The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

Rated R for strong stylized bloody violence.

R 116min.
Action, Drama
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Beat Takeshi Kitano directs and plays the title role in this tribute to the wildly popular "blind swordsman" of Japanese cinema who was the hero of more than 20 movies and a television series from the early '60s to the late '80s. Read More
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Zatôichi/Ichi
Gennosuke Hattori
Aunt Oume
Oshino
Shinkichi
Osei, the Geisha
Okinu
Ginzo
Ôgiya
Shinkichi

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