Zatoichi

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Kitano plays Zatoichi, a blind masseuse who also happens to be an insanely skilled swordsman. Wandering the rural roads of Japan, Zatoichi defers to others and is generally unobtrusive — that is, until somebody does something unjust or vaguely disrespectful. Then he cuts loose with furious vengeance via his senses-honed swordman skills and personal walking stick/blade. Zatoichi's sight-impaired justice comes into play when he wanders into a rural town under the iron rule of a number of gangs. The leading group has hired Gennosuke Hattori (Tadanobu Asano), a ronin who travels with his sickly wife O-Shino (Yui Natsukawa). Gennosuke is a fearsome swordsman who may be Zatoichi's equal, meanwhile, a mysterious pair of geisha (Yuuko Daike and Daigoro Tachibana) arrive with vengeance on their minds...

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