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Zatoichi vs Akatsuka

submitted by Mordhaus

7 years 1 month ago

The fading light, the falling snow and two masters fighting for what they both believe is their duty. The Samurai blindly obeys his orders while Ichi looks to protect the weak & helpless.

6 Comments

I love Zatoichi's drunk swordsman technique. *promote *quality cinema.

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 9:31pm PDT - promote requested by newtboy.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.

cosmovitelli says...

That was great

I watched several of the original blind masseuse flicks during IFC's Samurai Saturday, but haven't seen the newest movie. Added to list.

"Blind Masseuse" sounds like Cinemax late night movie.

Better than skinemax -- not to say I haven't watched plenty of those movie late at night hahaha!

Funnily enough Zatoichi is a masseuse because of his affiliations with the zakuza and being blind; essentially he can't find any other work due to social stigmas and is picked on for the nature of his lower class status. The lower class status which thrusts criminality and an association with sexuality upon him.

Being a masseuse is associated with being a prostitute, therefore he is disregarded even more so.

So your natural inclination to be amused and associate that profession with sex is almost proof of a portion of Zatoichi's struggle.

The struggle against those whose tendency is to mock rather than perceive.

"Blind Masseuse" sounds like Cinemax late night movie.

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