24 - Zatoichi In Desperation

Name: 24 - Zatoichi In Desperation
Director: Shintaro Katsu
Released: 1972
Rating: 6.6

1972 · Shintaro Katsu

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

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Star Shintaro Katsu sits in the director’s chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the Zatoichi series, which is unlike any other in its grind-house grimness. A tale of innocence corrupted by sadistic, sleazy criminality, the film is propelled by Easy Rider–esque editing and a trippy seventies funk score by Kunihiko Murai.