Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman (Vol. 5) (1974)

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Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman (Vol. 5) (1974)
XviD/AVI | MP3-128kbps | 720x528 (4:3) | Japanese | Subtitles: English idx/sub | 4x 47 mins | 1.88 GB
Genre: Drama/Chanbara
Shintaro Katsu stars in this classic samurai television series filled with martial arts action. ZATOICHI follows blind anma Ichi, as he puts the world's most villainous men to shame with his quick sword and strong moral code. Adored by movie theatre audiences throughout the 1960s, the fabled swordsman found just as many fans when he appeared in this television series in 1974. This fifth volume brings in episodes 18 through 21 of the 26-episode first season.

VOL 5 EPISODES

18. The Rush Trip
19. A Rainbow Over My Homeland
20. Female Boss and her Wolves
21. The Little Flower by the Lake


Episode 18 – The Rush Trip – Seitaro has racked up a gambling debt at the Yasugaro house. He agrees to assassinate the rival of the yakuza boss in less than two days or else the boss gets to keep his girlfriend. Seitaro completes his task but Yakuza, being those silly baka that they are, are complicating the issue and refusing to release his girlfriend. Enter Zatoichi masquerading as the other boss’s underling and justice is swift and deadly.


The cover to Volume 4 with Ichi sitting in a hot bath tainted with blood is played out in all its gruesome glory in this episode.


Episode 19 – A Rainbow Over My Homeland – Soukichi, a very good and popular chef in his home town, took the blame for a murder committed by his half-brother Seiji three years ago. Soukichi left on a journey returning at the time of a local festival only to find out that Seiji has lost the family restaurant, Fubuke, in a gambling match.


Eager to still find his place Seiji makes a deal with the local Yakuza boss to have Soukichi killed so he can become a partner in the restaurant. Seiji hands over his sister, Oshizu, to the family and heads out to see Soukichi killed. Zatoichi in turn leads Oshizu out of the Yakuza home in a brilliant climactic battle to meet up with Seiji and Soukichi at their final confrontation.


Episode 20 – Female Boss and her Wolves – The Lady of the Hunting Ground is eager to retire from her Yakuza life but is frightened of what will happen to the town should it fall into the hands of Matsugoro, the boss of the Matsubaya family, a rival clan. What makes things more complicated is that the Lady of the Hunting Ground raised Matsugoro and his sister, Otae, in a mutual exchange between the two Yakuza families many years earlier. Her son, Kosuke was raised by the Matsubaya family and then sent to Edo to learn an honest profession and return to lead the family to reform, and marry Otae. Kosuke returns but he too has chosen the path of the Yakuza, which makes departure from the Yakuza life more difficult for The Lady, and Otae’s feelings for Kosuke more complicated. A power struggle emerges between Kosuke and Matsugoro and a tragic end is inevitable.


Episode 21 – The Little Flower by the Lake – Zatoichi comes across a prostitution ring. Sentaro fools women into becoming prostitutes with false stories of debt and little money. Little do they know that he works for the Yakuza gang to whom they are now employed. He promises to return in three years to pay off his ‘loan’ and then take them away to live together. Zatoichi breaks up the prostitution ring and deals out his own folded metal justice to the Narukami family and Sentaro.
The final melee between Zatoichi and the Narukami family shifts between slapstick comedy and severed limb justice. It is definitely one of the best climactic battles in the series yet. (Review: Twitchfilm.net)


RS Links for Vol. 5
V05 Part 01|V05 Part 02|V05 Part 03|V05 Part 04|V05 Part 05
V05 Part 06|V05 Part 07|V05 Part 08|V05 Part 09|V05 Part 10
V05 Part 11|V05 Part 12|V05 Part 13|V05 Part 14|V05 Part 15
V05 Part 16|V05 Part 17|V05 Part 18|V05 Part 19| WIKIPEDIA

Each Episode includes English high quality idx/sub files, with srt sub files included also.

No password required.
Sorry for the inflated number of pixels (more than the original DVD) but I did not rip these myself.

Look out for the final 5 episodes of Series 1: Volume 6 Episodes 22-26. Coming soon. LD

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