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Tag Archives: Shintarô Katsu
An Osaka Story AKA Ôsaka monogatari (1957) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them. Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman AKA Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
The Tale of Zatoichi AKA Zatôichi monogatari (1962) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. Read More »
Hitokiri (1969) Hideo Gosha, Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima
Izo Okada, a ronin (masterless samurai), desperately seeks a way out of his financial straits. Read More »
The Man Without a Map AKA Moetsukita chizu (1968) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Shintarô Katsu, Etsuko Ichihara, Osamu Ôkawa
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. Contradictory evidence and the lack of clues soon render the case as virtually unsolvable Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Who’s Got the Gold? AKA Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban (1974) Yoshio Inoue, Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Mako Midori, Mikio Narita
Follow the money. In a time of economic disaster for wage earners, Hanzo discovers a conspiracy among high officials Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice AKA Goyôkiba (1972) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi, Kô Nishimura
Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Read More »
The Blind Menace (1960) Kazuo Mori, Shintarô Katsu, Tamao Nakamura, Mieko Kondô
Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. Read More »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô
The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
The Hoodlum Priest (1967) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Hôsei Komatsu
The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Keiko Aikawa, Kazuko Inano, Keizô Kanie
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. Read More »
Samurai Vendetta (1959) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Chitose Maki
Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »
Jirocho Fuji (1959) Kazuo Mori, Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu
An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area. Read More »
The Devils Temple (1969) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Hideko Takamine, Michiyo Aratama, Drama
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Read More »