the song is make teary eyes,katsu shintaro is the only Zatouichi i can watch many times without getting bored,thank you for honoring all the other great cast,specially to all the samurai who died bravely and honorably by the sword cane.
The tale of Zatoichi (1962) (2) The tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) (3) The tale of Zatoichi Continues (1963) (4) Zatoichi, The Fugitive (1963) (5) Zatoichi, On the road (1963) (6) Zatoichi, and the Chest of Gold (1964) (7) Zatoichi, Flashing Sword (1964) (8) Zatoichi, Fight Zatoichi Fight (1964) (9) Adventure of Zatoichi (1964) (10) Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) (11) Zatoichi and the doomed man (1965) (12) Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) The series is until No.26 and end 1989. I have it all collections but I can give you 12..bye.
0:15 Is this Nakadai Tatsuya仲代達矢? I don't like his action here. It's full of affectation. Kats Shintaro had developed his skill of blade performqance that looks like some kind of martial arts.