One of the longest running characters in Japanese entertainment, Zatoichi, a swordsman and masseur who lives by the Yakuza code, has appeared in over 26 films and 100 TV episodes. This collection of four features includes ON THE ROAD, ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD, and FIGHT, ZATOICHI FIGHT. See individual titles for additional details.

DVD Features:

4-Disc Set
Region 1
NTSC
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 1.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos: Original Theatrical Stills Gallery
FEATURED:
1. ZATOICHI 5: ON THE ROAD
2. ZATOICHI 6: ZATOICHI'S AND THE CHEST OF GOLD
3. ZATOICHI 7: ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD
4. ZATOICHI 8: FIGHT, ZATOICHI, FIGHT!

Distributor Notes: With over 26 films and 100 TV episodes, the blind heroic swordsman Zatoichi lives by the Yakuza code and answers his foes with a deadly cane sword. Thrill to four of the finest feature adventures from one of Japan's most time-honored figures, the ultimate anti-hero and champion of the common man.

Zatoichi 5: On the Road
Zatoichi helps a girl escape a lascivious feudal lard and two deadly yakuza gangs in the fifth installment of the Blind Swordsman series. While traveling to a village where the local gang leader wants to hire him as a bodyguard, Ichi and his companion are attacked by a rival gang. After negotiating safe passage for himself, the blind masseur encounters a servant girl trying to escape after being raped by a feudal lord. Agreeing to help the girl get back to her family, Zatoichi realizes he'll have to take on both gangs to make it through.

Zatoichi 7: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
As fireworks explode overhead, blood runs under foot. Zatoichi is provoked into a fury of sword slinging by a disreputable gang leader trying to oust a rival, good-natured boss. A houseguest of the peaceful Bunkichi boss, Ichi attempts to help his gracious host fight the greedy boss Yasugoro, but as a fugitive, Ichi?s honorable host must ask the blind swordsman to leave. With Ichi temporarily out of the way, Yasugoro makes his bloody move. But being a man of fairness and equality, Zatoichi makes sure Yasugoro gets what he deserves in the end.

Zatoichi 8: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
In a cruel twist of fate, an innocent woman is cut down in an ambush intended for the blind swordsman, turning her infant child into an orphan. Feeling responsible, Ichi vows to safely deliver the child to its father. The assassins relentlessly pursue Ichi, who must fight with ever more efficient determination now that he is the infant?s only protector. In a final bitter twist of fate and plot, Ichi must add to his list of enemies the father of the child he has sworn to protect.

Source: Image Entertainment Inc.

Shintaro Katsu: Japanese Producer/Actor
Shiho Fujimura: Japansese Actress, ZATOICHI - ON THE ROAD (1963)

Kenji Misumi: Japanese Director