A female swordfighter: Lady Snowblood

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Ladies and gentlemen, I have recently been watching some outstanding Japanese martial arts movies. I would like to present you the two Lady Snowblood movies from 1973 and 1974. As so many other movies, they are based upon a manga series of the same name....

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Shin Zatôichi monogatari / New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) - An emotionally driven second half pardons for a plodding beginning

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New Tale of Zatoichi is the third entry in the franchise centered around the skilled blind swordsman with the strong moral compass. It's also the first movie of the franchise to be shot in color. However, it's also the weakest part of the franchise thus...

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Zoku Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) - Fast pace and deadly blades - 7/10 (15/01/18)

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Even though it was only released a few months after the first movie, The Tale of Zatoichi, the second and last movie of the Zatoichi franchise shot in black and white, takes places exactly one year after the events of the first film and is directly related...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

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The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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Zatôichi monogatari / The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) - A swordsman whose words speak louder than his weapons - 8/10 (15/01/18)

Par kluseba

The Tale of Zatoichi is the first in a long series of samurai movies centered around the blind gambler and masseur turned lowly yakuza who has a strong moral compass and makes us feel empathic not because he is blind and underestimated but because he...

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