TV series plays on all the familiar themes of the Zatoichi movies
Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman was such a hit in Japan with 26 movies from 1962-72 and one more in 1989 that it was eventually turned into a TV series. That aired from 1974 to 1979. Shintaro Katsu who played Zatoichi produced the show through his Katsu Productions. This collection has six discs and the last thirteen episodes of season 1.<br /><br />The TV episodes were a mix of original stories and ones borrowed from the movies. Even the originals maintained the elements popular in the films. For example, Zatoichi loved to gamble, he tried to help out the common people, and especially women and in one case a baby who were in need, he fights ronin (masterless samurai), cuts down a slew of Yakuza (gangster) henchmen, deals with corrupt officials, and most importantly tried to right wrongs. it also highlighted how much the common people suffered in ancient Japan. There are constant stories of people going into debt to the Yakuza and having to give away their wives and sisters as compensation who were then used in brothels. The irony of the series was that Zatoichi was a Yakuza himself going from boss to boss, playing dice, etc., yet he had a good heart.<br /><br />In the first episode for example, Zatoichi accidently gets a mother killed and takes up her newborn baby to return him to his father. He then rescues a pick pocket woman from an angry samurai she stole from who then helps Zatoichi with the baby. All the while a group of Yakuza are trying to kill the blindman. The real problem though comes when the father rejects the baby. All very familiar territory from the movies.<br />C
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