It’s always nice to watch Zatoichi movie,
it’s like running into an old friend and having a pint over pleasant
conversation.
This is 25th, one of the last
and our favorite masseur is pretty tired and travels to his hometown for the
first time in 20 years. Things have changed of course as well as his old
friends. One in particular has turned into greedy asshole and has deceived
villagers and has taken control over the local quarry. He has also cheated
people over some rice tax but that part is not very clear to me. But it’s not
really important because it’s clear who the bad guys are by that point.
Zatoichi is a surprisingly patient and
gives this asshole even two chances to leave town peacefully. So we need to
wait 50 minutes for the first limb to come off some unfortunate bastard who
tried to cheat at gambling. And 15 minutes more after this mutilation there
comes first real fight and massacre. But it’s well worth waiting for! Not only
for the great action choreography and ridiculously high body count. We are used
to these in Zatoichi flicks of course.
What is well worth mentioning is strange camera work. It follows fighters really close and under strange angles and every now and then jumps into wide shot for a second or two so you really have a feeling that you are in the middle of the scene. Really good and effective, I’m surprised this technique is not used more nowadays.
What is well worth mentioning is strange camera work. It follows fighters really close and under strange angles and every now and then jumps into wide shot for a second or two so you really have a feeling that you are in the middle of the scene. Really good and effective, I’m surprised this technique is not used more nowadays.
7/10
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