This week was a lot more Zatoichi for me as I watched Adventures of Zatoichi (1964), Zatoichi's Revenge (1965), Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) and Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965). Last night I started Zatoichi's Vengeance, but it was already late and it had been a long day of fun during and after watching the Seahawks beat the Saints so I'll have to finish that one later tonight. At this point, though, I think it's pretty safe to saw I'm loving all the Zatoichi movies, as if my post this past week wasn't proof enough. Additionally, I watched Inside Llewyn Davis and Her, both for a third time and it really is a toss-up as to which one of those I like the most from 2013 and even though it was only a couple weeks ago that I posted my top ten from 2013, I'm already beginning to regret not including The Wolf of Wall Street.
- 1/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I've been making my way through Criterion's recent release of the Zatoichi collection of films and have been loving every minute of it (though Adventures of Zatoichi wasn't all that great). Last night I watched my tenth Zatoichi film, Zatoichi's Revenge, which is probably the darkest one so far, but before I forgot I wanted to share with you the seven minute finale to Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964), which is easily my favorite fight scene from the first ten films. amz asin="B00EO2I6OM" size="small"I've included the scene below, and while I hope it gets you excited to check some of these out (many are available on Hulu) do realize the Blu-ray releases from Criterion include a lot more detail and visual information than you're going to see in this clip, particularly in the darker scenes such as the moment captured in the image above. One particular...
- 1/9/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Nov. 26, 2013
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $224.95
Studio: Criterion
Shintaro Katsu relies on his blade in 1963's Zatoichi on the Road.
The colossally popular Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman action-adventure films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman.
As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
The films that feature him are variously pulse-pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off-the-wall.
This deluxe set features the string of 25 Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973, collected in one package for the first time.
Here’s a list of the films in the collection:
The Tale Of Zatoichi...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $224.95
Studio: Criterion
Shintaro Katsu relies on his blade in 1963's Zatoichi on the Road.
The colossally popular Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman action-adventure films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman.
As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.
The films that feature him are variously pulse-pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off-the-wall.
This deluxe set features the string of 25 Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973, collected in one package for the first time.
Here’s a list of the films in the collection:
The Tale Of Zatoichi...
- 8/26/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Criterion has announced its upcoming November 2013 titles and they include some highly coveted films, one of 2013's better films, an impressive box set and their new dual-format DVD/Blu-ray releases. To begin, it was a little bit of a shock to see they have abandoned releasing both DVD and Blu-ray versions of their film and instead will now release DVD/Blu-ray, dual-format editions. Note here it says dual format "editions", not "discs", which leads me to believe most releases will include both a DVD and Blu-ray disc. Consider in today's announcement the 27-disc box set of the Zatoichi films. This consists of nine Blu-ray discs and 18 DVD discs. On top of that Criterion confirms features will be available for on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. As far as this months titles are concerned, I'll begin with the upgraded Blu-ray release of Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, which was the December 2012 selection...
- 8/15/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Back in February, Hulu unveiled the official Criterion Collection channel on their website, providing audiences in the United States with a free (ad supported) venue to watch their films. While they started out by showing several Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman films, they have finally added a film that has a Criterion Spine Number, Roman Polanski’s first film, Knife in the Water.
Not only have they added this Polanski film, but they have gone and added several more films in the Zatoichi series, with the only films remaining those that are held by AnimEigo (the films produced in the 1970’s).
I’ve added links below for the various Zatoichi films, but you can find the Criterion Channel here. You can also visit our previous post announcement, where I went and listed several films that are contained within the Criterion Collection, that are available on Hulu, but not in the official channel.
Not only have they added this Polanski film, but they have gone and added several more films in the Zatoichi series, with the only films remaining those that are held by AnimEigo (the films produced in the 1970’s).
I’ve added links below for the various Zatoichi films, but you can find the Criterion Channel here. You can also visit our previous post announcement, where I went and listed several films that are contained within the Criterion Collection, that are available on Hulu, but not in the official channel.
- 4/16/2010
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
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