Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Rating

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Release Date

11/17/1964

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A wandering blind swordsman's quest to return a murdered woman's baby to her father becomes an unexpectedly tender meditation on found family and obligation. The film weaves action and emotional depth with quiet moments of connection.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetContemplative

Themes

FamilyGriefRedemptionFriendship

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Road movie

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Graphic violence

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