Director:
Jim SheridanWriter:
Stars:
Plot:
Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
Monday 16 April 2012
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Director:
Asger LethWriter:
Pablo F. Fenjves
Plot:
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
Wednesday 4 April 2012
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)[17]
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Writers: Ryôzô Kasahara, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jûshirô Konoe and Miwa Takada
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.
Writers: Ryôzô Kasahara, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jûshirô Konoe and Miwa Takada
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.
Zatoichi The Outlaw (1967)[16]
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Director: Satsuo YamamotoWriters: Koji Matsumoto, Takehiro Nakajima
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Rentarô Mikuni and Kô Nishimura
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free. But it's really all just a plot to enlist Ichi's aid in eliminating the competition. Once that's been attended to, the master of the surviving house of chance grabs more and more power - and more cash from the hapless farmers. Even a blind man can see that justice must be done!
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)[15]
Writers: Ryôzô Kasahara, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura and Yoshihiko Aoyama
Genre: Action | Drama | Adventure
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)[14]
Writers: Kan Shimosawa (story), Kaneto Shindô
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Michiyo Ohkusu and Kunie Tanaka
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Ichi seeks out on a pilgrimage to 81 temples, exploring spirituality to atone for his bloody past. On the way, Ichi stumbles into a village that's being bullied by a violent Yakuza boss and his henchmen. After killing a young, hired assassin, Ichi is led back to the young man's village by his peculiar horse. Upon learning that her brother is dead, Okichi (Yasuda Michiyo) grabs a sword and attacks Ichi, either in an attempt to avenge her brother or in an attempt to commit suicide by forcing Ichi to defend himself. After injuring Ichi, Okichi tends to his wounds, nurses him back to health, and begins to have feelings for him. The Yakuza boss still wants Ichi dead in order to take over the village and now Ichi alone must deal with the boss and his gang, the young woman's feelings and a village full of cowards, who will not stand up for themselves!
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)[13]
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Director: Tokuzô TanakaWriters: Kan Shimosawa (story), Hajime Takaiwa (scenario)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shigeru Amachi and Jun Hamamura
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Promising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence.
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)[12]
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Writers: Daisuke Itô, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Mikio Narita and Chizu Hayashi
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning...
Zatoichi and The Doomed Man (1965)[11]
Writers: Shozaburo Asai, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama and Eiko Taki
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
Zatoichis revenge (1965)[10]
Writers: Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Norihei Miki and Mikiko Tsubouchi
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
Sunday 1 April 2012
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)[09]
Writers: Shozaburo Asai, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada and Eiko Taki
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Fight Zatoichi fight (1964)[08]
Writers: Seiji Hoshikawa, Kan Shimosawa (stories)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Nobuo Kaneko and Gen Kimura
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)[07]
Writers: Shozaburo Asai, Minoru Inuzuka
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuo Endô and Takashi Etajima
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
Zatoichi and the chest of gold (1964)[06]
Writers: Shozaburo Asai, Akikazu Ota, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shôgo Shimada and Mikiko Tsubouchi
Genre: Action | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Zatoichi is mistaken for a thief. To clear his name he must find and defeat the real villain.
Zatoichi On the road (1963)[05]
Writers: Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura and Ryuzo Shimada
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or "Zatoichi") is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or "Omitsu") to her family in Edo, and Zatoichi feels honor-bound to do so. But rival gangs each have an interest in kidnapping the girl for ransom. Zatoichi joins with one of the gangs when the other gang captures Mitsu, but he then finds that to rescue her, he must fight both gangs.
Zatoichi The fugitive (1963)[04]
Writers: Seiji Hoshikawa, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Miwa Takada and Masayo Banri
Genre: Drama | Adventure | Action
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseur Ichi (known as Zatoichi, or "Masseur Ichi") angers a local yakuza gang when he defeats several of them in a wrestling match. When he finds that his long lost love Tane is nearby and romantically involved with a tough samurai in the employ of the gang, he remains in the village. Meanwhile, the young heir to the leadership is forced to confront his own fear and weakness when the gang insists he fight Ichi.
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)[03]
Writers: Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi and Seizaburô Kawazu
Genre: Action | Drama
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind masseur and master swordsman, Zatoichi, is tired of killing. He journeys to his old village looking for peace, but is pursued by the brother of Boss Kanbei, a man he's killed. Back home, Ichi connects with Banno, his teacher, who seeks prestige and has arranged for his younger sister, Yayoi, to marry into a wealthy samurai family. Ichi and Yayoi realize they are in love, but Ichi's request for her hand meets with Banno's derision. Ichi is also drawn into Banno's plot to kidnap the son of a wealthy man, ostensibly to aid the Mito Goblins, a gang of thieves on the run; but Banno wants to keep the ransom. Ichi wants harmony and love, but can he escape a destiny of violence?
The tale of Zatoichi continues (1962)[02]
Writers: Minoru Inuzuka, Kan Shimosawa (story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Yaeko Mizutani and Masayo Banri
Genre: Action | Adventure
Origin: Japan
Plot:
Blind swordsman/masseur Zatoichi is pursued by the retainers of a lord who fear that he will reveal a secret weakness of their master. Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love: his own brother. He must face in combat not only the pursuing retainers but his own flesh-and-blood.
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)[01]
Writers: Minoru Inuzuka (screenplay), Kan Shimosawa (short story)
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri and Ryuzo Shimada
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Original title: Zatôichi monogatari (1962)
Origin: Japan
Plot:
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
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