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Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967
Drama, Action
1h 33m
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins... (imdb)

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967
Drama, Action
1h 33m
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Avg Percentile 62.37% from 60 total ratings

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Rated 15 May 2013
65
51st
When he learns his trusty cane sword is on the verge of breaking, Zatoichi gives the blade away to an old man and starts massaging full time at a large inn, but his peaceful life is immediately interrupted by the usual yakuza shenanigans. A less-than-inspired entry in the series that tries to inject a little variety into the formulaic "save the villagers" story by depriving Ichi of his sword for most of the time, but that just means there's almost no action until the very end.
Rated 21 Feb 2019
70
42nd
While not among the very best of the series, it does feature Zatoichi beating people up with no more than a stick and performing a song about ducklings.
Rated 02 Aug 2017
60
38th
One the on hand it has more going on with the characters than most entries, but nothing that can't be and isn't stripped away to make room for the cane sword finale. Denizen is right about ichi losing his sword - makes for an action free movie, and it makes attempts to ratchet up the sense of threat ichi is under without a sword but nothing hits home for tension. Good or bad we instead get to see the blind swordsman perform an absurd song and dance about catching a duck
Rated 02 May 2017
2
21st
Rated 23 Aug 2015
32
22nd
Main point of interest is the development with Ichi's sword but apart from that it's a pretty mundane installment.
Rated 29 Jan 2010
8
89th
More pointless filler than most, but the climax is probably one of the best yet.

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