Zatôichi jigoku tabi (1965)

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   monty

   Better known as Zatoichi and the Chess Expert. 12 years 6 months ago
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   nbats

   https://youtu.be/o-pthFE74F4 1 year 9 months ago
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   Siskoid

   In Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, our blind swordsman befriends a chess-playing samurai and for a while, they share the road. What feels more like a crux of the film, however, is the plot about a little girl hurt during one of Ichi's brawls, which makes him heavily indebted to her and her caregiver. The best fight in the film by far, the one under the bridge, works because of his desperate attempts to keep hold of hard-gotten medicine for the girl. A third plot about a vendetta will lead to the climax of the film, but I'm not sure how well this works - was the greater good actually served? Ichi is sort of crashing another film here, almost. This is also Ichi at his most mistake-prone. He slips and falls a lot, he gets caught cheating at dice (this seemed to be a repeat of gambling sequences in a past film, but turns out to be an extension of what we usually get), gets a run of bad luck, and runs into a post. Did they feel they went too "Daredevil" with the character and are pulling him back? Or is it part of the chess theme to have him make missteps? 3 years 8 months ago

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