Discount Offers / DVD and Blu-ray

Zatoichi – The Blind Swordsman [The Criterion Collection]

Zatoichi 20: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Check Offer Price

Tags: saverDeal superSaverDeal

6 Responses

Comments6
Pingbacks0

RodneyLqvga says:

12/05/2024 at

alot of these films are not available in any other form and the few dvds out there are not the best quality .the packaging is superb and the booklet is on thick paper. the box itself is very heavy card stock and beatifully decorated with japanese style cartoons showing scenes from the films [presumably] i paid about 80.00 post included.anyone who has seen lone wolf and cub or hanzo the razor will love this violent and scatological sojoun through the tokogawa shogunate era japan..check out the new bounty hunter c box set as well
LoviePennell says:

12/03/2024 at

The films are of excellent quality – the picture, audio, script, actors.

The language is original – Japanese (no VO). There are English subtitles.

The action takes place long time ago. However it is easy to understand, what is happening.

Although Ichi uses his sword more than once in each film to defend himself or others, he is a very respectable character.

There is a lot of emotion in these films. There are ladies, kids, good people, dangerous, treacherous, wicked people.

The action takes place in different towns, country side, in houses and outside.

I became curious about this series after watching Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi. While Takeshi Kitano’s character is cool, Shintar Katsu’s character seems more humane to me.

Every film in this series is a gem. I watch each one from start to the end. Sometimes I watch more than one film of this series in one evening.

If you can afford the price and are interested in the Japanese culture – you would not regret this purchase.
Jeff S. Bartlett says:

25/10/2023 at

If you are reading this, then I am to take that you are a fan of Japanese, or at least Samurai, Cinema. In which case, continue no further until you have clicked “But It Now”.

In brief, the Zatoichi film series (the longest in Japanese history) is quintessential Samurai cinema. Alongside Seven Samurai, The Samurai Trilogy (Mushashi) and the oft’ forgotten “Three Outlaw Samurai”, Zatoichi is an endearing character, and the films are a must-see experience.

All 25 films are collected in this magnificent boxset by Criterion, fully remastered from original scans and with a plethora of special features, at a fantastic price. It truly is a MUST HAVE and I am honestly surprised it is still in stock.
Anonymous says:

05/12/2021 at

Criterion setzt wieder mal Mastbe und liefert ein tolles Mega-Set ab. Fnfundzwanzig Kinofilme ber den blinden Masseur und Schwertkmpfer in sehr guter Bild- und Tonqualitt und mit englischen Untertiteln versehen. Eine Doku als Bonus sowie ein informatives und fein ausgestaltetes Buch ber die Entstehung des Mythos Zatoichi inkl. Inhaltsangaben zu den Filmen runden das Ganze perfekt ab. Mit deutschen Untertiteln versehen sind bisher nur “Zatoichi and the one armed swordsman” und “Zatoichi meets Yojimbo” erschienen und ich befrchte das wird auch so bleiben. Welch ein Fest ist diese Critierion-Collection also fr Asiafans, absolute und aus tiefstem Herzen kommende Empfehlung! Sollten in hnlicher Aufmachung noch alle Folgen der Fernsehserie “lone wolf and cub” erscheinen werde ich Criterion bis an mein Lebensende verehren.
Anonymous says:

20/09/2019 at

A must see. The box is well made, high quality just as the movies. Good acting. Beautiful surroundings and landscapes.
Back to the Edo period. Shintaro Katsu is Zatoichi. Top!
Anonymous says:

12/03/2019 at

This is not a review, just an information: As soon as my Criterion Zatoichi Collection arrived, I eagerly popped each Blu-ray into my region B player, and looked briefly into one of the movies. I encountered no problems. Unfortunately, I could not find a note on the box set identifying it as the corrected version. Buy with care, but the new ones sold directly by Amazon should be fine. Look out for “The Criterion Collection, Box Set, 2nd Edition” and “Feb 18, 2019” on the product page.