New Tale of Zatoichi
A period samurai drama where a blind swordsman's search for peace is undone by romantic entanglement and violent debts from his past.
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Essence
Ensemble
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Yayoi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Banno
Fujio Suga
Yasuhiko
Mieko Kondō
Inn keeper's wife
Tatsuo Endō
Inn keeper
Gen Kimura
Yakuza member with mark on his face
Chitose Maki
Tame's wife
Kanae Kobayashi
Old lady going deaf
Yutaka Nakamura
Yasuhiko's brother
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Tengu Ronin that gets a massage
Saburo Date
Anzo
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Something gentler
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
