Fiction

ZATOICHI

Kitano Takeshi
J 2003
115 min
V'03

Kitano directs and stars in this astonishing contribution to a pop culture invention that has attained mythic proportions. Zatoichi arrives in a town dominated by gangs where he meets and helps two geishas who are out to avenge the murder of their parents. Hattori, a stoic ronin tormented by his past, appears around the same time and takes a job as an assassin for one of the gang lords. It is inevitable that Zatoichi and Hattori, two lethal swordsmen, will face each other. It only remains to be seen who will be left standing. Kitano has taken the iconic heft of the silhouette of Zatoichi and placed it at the centre of some of his most stunning visual compositions to date. The result is breathtaking. (Giovanna Fulvi)

Credits
  • Kitano Takeshi - Zatoichi
  • Asano Tadanobu - Gennosuke Hattori
  • Daike Yuko - Okinu
  • Gatarukanaru Taka - Shinkichi
  • Ishikura Saburo - Ogiya
  • Kishibe Ittoku - Ginzô
  • Natsukawa Yui - Oshino
  • Ogusu Michiyo - Oume
  • Kitano Takeshi nach einer Vorlage von Shimozawa Kan
  • Yanagishima Katsumi
  • Horiuchi Senji
  • Kitano Takeshi
  • Ota Yoshinori
  • Suzuki Keiichi
  • Isoda Norihiro
  • Yamamoto Yohji
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35 mm
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