Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Japanese 座頭市海を渡る
Hepburn Zatōichi umi o wataru
Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
Produced by Ikuo Kubodera
Written by Kaneto Shindo
Based on Zatoichi 
by Kan Shimozawa
Starring Shintaro Katsu
Michiyo Okusu
Isao Yamagata
Music by Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography Senkichiro Takeda
Edited by Toshio Taniguchi
Production
company
Daiei Studios
Release dates
  • 13 August 1966 (Japan)
Running time
 82 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (座頭市海を渡る Zatōichi umi o wataru) is a 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures).

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage is the fourteenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi. It has also been known as Zatoichi's Ocean Voyage

Plot

Seeking to atone for his violent past, Zatoichi (Katsu) embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 88 shrines on Shikoku. On the road, a man (Igawa) attacks Zatoichi but is killed by him. Zatoichi follows the man's horse back to his home.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Thomas Raven, in a review for freakengine, wrote that "[t]his film represents another major step forward for the series. Director Kazuo Ikehiro's touch is exactly what Ichi's stories need and since this was his third Zatoichi picture, he'd honed his skills to a fine point. It certainly helps that the script is so crisp, as is the inventive cinematography and art direction. This is certainly one of the best looking of the first fourteen films."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Zatoichi's Pilgrimage". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Raven, Thomas (February 2012). "Review: Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage (1966)". freakengine. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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