Zatoichi Umi wo Wataru [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] [Daiei 70th Anniversary Campaign Masterpiece Series] This year (2012) marks 70 years since the establishment of Daiei in 1942. This year (2012), 70 years have passed since the establishment of Daiei in 1942, and Daiei is releasing a series of brilliant masterpieces at affordable prices! Shintaro Katsu plays Zatoichi, an outlaw who lives in a world of darkness. The 14th in the series. --Zatoichi decides to visit Shikoku to mourn for the dead he has slain. When he travels to Shikoku, Eigoro, a young man who has been chasing him on horseback, makes an attempt on his life, and he has no choice but to kill him. Eigoro's younger sister, Oyoshi, cuts at Ichiro, but Ichiro dares not dodge her sword and is cut down, and Oyoshi gradually grows fond of her. According to her story, Eigoro accepted to kill Ichiro on the condition that he would cancel a 30-crore debt owed to him by Fujihachi, a yakuza who was in the business of eating and drinking platters. Fujihachi, who is after Serigasawa's land, rushes into the village, but Eigoro, who has placed Ichi under his guardianship, refuses to go along. On the other hand, none of the villagers, fearing the violence of Fujihachi and his gang, would join forces to fight, and cunning master Gonbei believes that if Ichi-ichi and Fujihachi fight and Ichi-ichi wins, he will be the one to profit....

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer, staff & cast profile, and photo gallery

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[大映70周年記念キャンペーン 名作シリーズ] 1942年の大映設立から今年(2012年)で70年。日本映画史上、燦然と輝く名作シリーズを、お求めやすい廉価版で連続リリース! ■勝新太郎が暗闇の世界を生きるアウトロー・座頭市を演じる傑作時代劇シリーズ全18作一挙リリース! シリーズ第14作目。――これまで斬った人々の菩提を弔うため、座頭市は四国の札所巡りを思い立つ。四国に渡った市は、馬で追ってきた若者・栄五郎に命を狙われ、やむなく相手を斬ってしまった。栄五郎の妹・お吉は市に切りかかるが、その刀をよけずにあえて斬られた市に、お吉は次第に好感を覚える。彼女の話によると、栄五郎は馬喰稼業のやくざ・藤八から三十両の借金を帳消しにするという条件で市殺しを引き受けたという。芹ヶ沢の土地を狙う藤八は村に乗り込むが、市を後見人に据えた彼女は突っぱねた。一方、藤八一味の暴力を恐れる村人たちは誰も力を合わせて戦おうとはせず、老獪な名主の権兵衛は、市と藤八が戦って市が勝てば儲けものという考え方だった・・・。

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