Zatoichi and the Fugitives

You stumble into a rain-soaked Edo alley and that’s when the blind swordsman’s cane taps your ankle. A band of wanted men hide their stolen gold inside you but the official hunting them won’t believe your pleas and the blade is already at your throat and then Zatoichi’s humming cuts through the dark. The film stays with the knife-edge silence before blood hits dirt.

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Kimiyoshi Yasuda directed Zatoichi and the Fugitives in 1968. See Kimiyoshi Yasuda's full filmography, where to start with Kimiyoshi Yasuda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.

Zatoichi and the Fugitives was released in 1968 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 82 minutes.