A man standing in front of me suddenly claps his hand and the sake bottle flies away. At that moment, show a sword-drawing technique that doesn't catch your eye ... The moment you put the sword in the ...

A do-gooder blind masseur with a penchant for gambling and steel blades might appear an unlikely cinematic hero. But after he first appeared in the 1962 Japanese film "Zatoichi Monogatari" ("The Tale ...

One of the most popular heroes in Japanese cinema, Zatoichi the blind swordsman inspired 26 feature films, more than 100 TV episodes, and countless comics and collectibles. But for a matinee idol, he ...

The hundred episodes of the TV series followed 1970s TV dynamics: Zatoichi was (mostly) unchanging from one episode to the next, and the 45-minute episodes (allowing for 15 minutes of advertisement ...

The great Bruce Lee twirled his limbs around with such fearsome speed and control that he seemed to be slicing through time itself. His whirling, precision chop kills weren’t just fast — they were ...

In 19th century Japan, a blind samurai, assuming the profession of a masseuse, visits a village overrun by gangs of Ronin. The samurai, Zatoichi, meets some companions in the village but ultimately ...