Zatoichi Chikemuri Kaido [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] [Daiei's 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! He defends Minashiko, and even iai is baffled! The swordsman Soronin approaches! The karma of the Zatoichi reversal is... - While traveling with Ryota, now six, to visit her husband Shokichi at his inn in Maebara, Omine becomes very ill and passes away in an inn. Zatoichi, who happened to be sharing a room with her, had to head for Maehara with Ryota pulling a cane. Ichiro meets a troupe of traveling entertainers, and dispatches the Manzo family of Kanai, who are trying to interfere with the entertainment, with his signature iaizashiri. On the way, Ichiro becomes acquainted with a ronin-like samurai named Tajuro Akatsuka, and arrives at an inn in Maehara, which is controlled by the Gonzo family of Maehara, who are in league with Torigoe, a deputy shogunate official. When he visited Taibei, a master potter, where Shokichi was working, he was told that Shokichi had been missing for about a year. Ichiro ambushes Torigoe to find out Shokichi's whereabouts, but Akatsuka appears from the darkness and kills him with a single sword...

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

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[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! みなし子かばい、居合いもにぶる! 迫るは剣豪素浪人! 市逆転の仕込の業は・・・ ――六つになる良太を連れ、前原の宿にいるという夫の庄吉を訪ねて旅をしていたおみねは病が重くなり、旅籠で息を引き取る。たまたま相部屋になった座頭市は良太に杖を引かれながら、前原に向かう羽目に。旅芸人の一座と知り合った市は、興行の邪魔をする金井の万造一家を得意の居合い斬りで退散させる。道中、浪人風の侍・赤塚多汁郎と懇意になった市は前原の宿に着くが、そこは代官手附の鳥越とグルになった前原の権造一家が支配していた。庄吉が働いているという釜焼きの名人・太兵衛を訪ねたところ、一年ほど前から行方知れずだという。市は鳥越の口から庄吉の居所を聞き出そうと待ち伏せるが、闇から現れた赤塚が一刀の下に斬り捨ててしまった・・・。

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