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I just got back from seeing Zatoichi.

Ahem.

SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

Right. I'm just wondering if I'm not the only one who noticed the interplay between the original Zatoichi movies (which I haven't seen, but Mom's seen a few, so the blind masseur featured in my bedtime stories when I was an ickle bloodthirsty kitten), the Rutger Hauer movie "Blind Fury" (which was on some layers a US remake of the Zatoichi concept) and this movie. I can't help but think of Kitano's blond hair and blue eyes in this one as a kind of homage ^_^

If you liked Kenshin, or old samurai epics in general, or yakuza movies, or... or just want two hours of FUN, go see it.

(Anyone up for accompanying me for a second bout of squeeing? ^_^)

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Date: 2005-02-20 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tea-cantata.livejournal.com
Very delayed comment, but yes, Zatoichi is definitely squee-worthy. Saw it last year at the Cambridge Film Festival, I think, and the tap-dancing is definitely one of the best bits, but there were so many other good bits. Takeshi Kitano just rocks, really.

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