Zatoichi Tekka Tabi [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] [Daiei 75th Anniversary Commemorative Daiei THE BEST Masterpiece Series 31 Movies] Shintaro Katsu plays Zatoichi, an outlaw living in a world of darkness, in this re-release of all 18 films in the popular series! Cut one more and your sword will break! Thirty enemies to kill! When to pull out, how to slay Zatoichi! --Under a flock of ominous birds, Zatoichi witnesses the untimely death of Shotaro, Ashikaga's boss. Ichiro and a group of traveling entertainers arrive at an inn in Ashikaga, which is bustling with the festivities of the first festival of the year, and, outraged by the misdeeds of the Iwagoro family of the prefecture (Agata) that rules this area, Ichiro takes a trip to a gambling den to expose the cheating. The master blacksmith Senzo had forged a famous sword, but it was at the end of its useful life, and if he cut one more person, the sword would break from the tsubasa. Senzo introduced Ichi to the inn, where Oshizu, the daughter of the late master Shotaro, who wanted his younger brother Seikichi to succeed him and revive the family, was working there. Ichiro discovers that Iwagoro, who has been bribing Kuwayama, a Hachishu patrolman, to do both jobs, is the underboss of Shotaro's murder....

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer(s), cast & staff bios, photo gallery

[大映75周年記念 大映 THE BEST 名作シリーズ31作品] 勝新太郎が暗闇の世界を生きるアウトロー・座頭市を演じる人気シリーズ全18作を一挙再リリース! もう一人斬れば刀が折れる! むらがる敵は三十人! いつ抜く どう斬る座頭市! ――不吉な鳥の群れの下で、座頭市は足利の親分・庄太郎の非業の死を看取った。旅芸人の一行と、初祭に賑わう足利の宿に来た市は、この一帯を支配する県(あがた)の岩五郎一家の悪業に義憤を感じ、、賭場に乗り込んでイカサマを暴いてみせた。鍛冶屋の仙造の師匠が鍛えた名刀だが寿命がきており、あと一人斬ったら刀は鍔元から折れてしまうというのだ。市は仙造の紹介で、旅籠の下野屋で按摩として出入りするようになったが、この宿には弟の清吉に跡目を継がせ、一家を再興させたいと願っている亡き庄太郎親分の娘・お志津が甲斐甲斐しく働いていた。市はかねてより八州見廻りの桑山を買収して二足の草鞋を履く岩五郎が、庄太郎殺しの下手人であることを突き止める・・・。

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