Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
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9/18/1965Runtime
77 minsOverview
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
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A reluctant hero is drawn into one more dangerous entanglement despite his better judgment, moving with the gravity and controlled tension of a samurai who knows the cost of his own compassion. The film balances intimate character moments with inevitable action, capturing the weariness of a good man in a corrupt world.
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