![]() Here the violence is less explicit, in keeping with the more restrained, character-centred tone favoured by series producer-star Shintarô Katsu, although Misumi does include a haunting dream sequence that anticipates the psychological delirium of his later work. Misumi's work is characterized by extreme visceral action and a surreal visual sense conjuring imagery as arresting as a subversive European auteur like Luis Buñuel. Underrated in his day, Misumi went on to achieve some global notoriety as the director of the four best Lone Wolf and Cub movies but sadly died shortly after his last film The Last Samurai (1975) finally drew some critical acclaim. Zatoichi at the Fire Festival was the last of five films in the series directed by Kenji Misumi, who got the ball rolling with the very first Zatoichi movie back in 1962. After burying the woman, he resumes wandering and eventually arrives in a town where the locals are taxed and terrorized by a powerful yakuza gang whose boss bears the ominous nickname of the Prince of Darkness ( Masayuki Mori), a man with whom Zatoichi has something in common. A distraught Zatoichi discovers her body the next morning. But as they spend a chaste night together in a nearby barn, she sneaks away to rejoin her samurai husband ( Tatsuya Nakadai) who promptly slashes her dead with his sword. En route to her new owner, the young beauty is rescued by the ever chivalrous Ichi. ![]() While working as a masseur at a flesh market he is instantly aware when a gorgeous woman with long flowing hair strips off her red silk kimono and sparks a bidding war among the aroused yakuza. He may be blind but Zatoichi's ( Shintarô Katsu) in-built babe-o-meter always alerts him to the presence of a pretty girl. Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ohara, Masayuki Mori, Peter, Ko Nishimura, Yoshitaro Asawaka, Ryutaro Gomi, Yuji Hamada, Yukio Horikita, Shingo Ibuki, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Jun Katsumura, Akane Kawasaki, Eizo KitamuraĬomedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Weirdo, Adventure What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrow ![]() Sex vs Violence: In the Realm of the Senses on Blu-ray Super Sammo: Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son on Blu-ray Moon Night - Space 1999: Super Space Theater on Blu-ray The Call of Nostalgia: Ghostbusters Afterlife on Blu-ray Uncomfortable Truths: Three Shorts by Andrea Arnold on MUBI Not So Permissive: The Lovers! on Blu-ray Two Christopher Miles Shorts: The Six-Sided Triangle/Rhythm 'n' Greens on Blu-ray You'll Never Guess Which is Sammo: Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon on Blu-ray The Ecstasy of Cosmic Boredom: Dark Star on ArrowĪ Frosty Reception: South and The Great White Silence on Blu-ray on 4K UHDĪ Woman's Viewfinder: The Camera is Ours on DVDĬhaplin's Silent Pursuit: Modern Times on Blu-ray Your Rules are Really Beginning to Annoy Me: Escape from L.A. Suave and Sophisticated: The Persuaders! Take 50 on Blu-ray The Dead of Night: In Cold Blood on Blu-ray ![]() ![]() The Movie Damned: Cursed Films II on Shudder State of the 70s: Play for Today Volume 3 on Blu-ray Monster Fun: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror on Blu-ray Serious Comedy: The Wrong Arm of the Law on Blu-rayĭC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery and More on Blu-ray Little Cat Feat: Stephen King's Cat's Eye on 4K UHD 3 From Arrow Player: Sweet Sugar, Girls Nite Out and Manhattan Baby ![]()
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