Zatôichi goyô-tabi (1972)

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1. 

   criscoJovan

   What an ending! 9 years 7 months ago
2. 

   monty

   aka Zatoichi at Large 12 years 6 months ago
3. 

   Siskoid

   The way Zatoichi at Large begins, I had every expectation this would be an Ichi's Greatest Hits type episode, recycling and remixing elements from more popular films in the series (starting with the classic baby delivery plot). But I don't think it goes where I expected it to, and face it, most Zatoichi films essentially reuse the same handful of tropes anyway. It's all about HOW they're twisted and presented. While not a favorite among Zatoichi fans, to me this one has some of the best cinematography in the entire series, director Kazuo Mori integrating visual symbols of wandering and being out of place among the lush environments - the field in the opening, the glittering anamorphic river, the hellish climax, and the pink lens flares of the ending. The third act is truly exciting, not just in the action sense, but as film making. Maybe I'm the only one impressed, but that's perhaps because I've stopped thinking of the series' installments in terms of plot, which is a losing man's game. Not a big fan of the traditional-sounding theme song, but otherwise, all in. 3 years 7 months ago

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