Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION (1972), which was directed by lead actor Shintaro Katsu, is now playing on Criterion’s streaming service, The Criterion Channel, along with 24 more thrilling entries in the series about an itinerant blind masseur turned lightning-fast swordsman: criterionchannel.com/zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman

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