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This 16th episode of Zatoichi tends to have a more complicated plotline than usual. This may be due to the fact that there are quite a few complicated characters in this film. Farmers in the province that Ichi has wandered into have clashed with the local Yakuza bosses, who wish to witness the farms fail in order to increase their revenues.
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The champion of the farmers are led by two different groups. One is by benenvolent and caring boss who wants to ogle the farmers taken care of better, and the other is a sort of philospher-samurai who wants to initiate an agrarian cooperative of sorts. The Yakuza bosses want to study the farms fail, because it will aid increase their gambling revenues. Sound a microscopic complicated yet?
The acting in this episode is very good; however, it seems as if the director Satsuo Yamamoto was trying to attach too distinguished into this particular Zatoichi episode. Moreover, lost in this film is the trustworthy qualities that we are conventional to with the Ichi character. I bear too grand reliance on severed limbs, and lots of blood was the major predicament with this episode. Yes, I am aware that Ichi lives in violent times and the nature of the swordsman sometimes requires the lopping off of a limb or two. But helpful writing always takes precedence to the violence.
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However, the cinematography in the film is absolutely splendid as usual: The splendid Japanese countryside is shown in all its splendor. I would not say this was the worst Zatoichi film. It could have been better; however, the storyline unprejudiced didn’t go anywhere with me. Recommended, but with caution.
“Zatoichi the Outlaw” is the sixteenth in the incredible Zatoichi series. It is a dinky different in tone from previous entries, as it is the first installment co-produced by star Katsu Shintaro’s production company, Katsu Productions, and also the first in the series released by Toho studios. (In truth the movie was filmed under the previous Daiei Studios before they went bankrupt, and was only released by Toho. This confusion gave me a runt chuckle as the first image on the DVD is the Daiei logo, but the English subtitle reads “the Toho Company.”)
More intrigue and altruism than action, “Zatoichi the Outlaw” (Japanese title “Zatoichi ryoyaburi” or “Zatoichi’s Jailbreak”) pits a group of peasants trying to compose a utopian, agrarian culture (singing songs of “no drinking and no gambling, no fighting and whoring!”) against a group of yakuza gangsters who want the peasants to fail in order to drive up the profits at their dens of vice. The peasants are supported by a agreeable samurai lord who wants to study them succeed, and by Asagoro, a wandering samurai like Zatoichi who believes in their dream. Zatoichi takes sides, and with his flashing cane sword sets up Asagoro as the fresh village leader. Hiss with his actions, Zatoichi wanders off to his next adventure, but has reason to regret as he finds that Asagoro played him for a pawn, and all is not what it seems.
Directed by Yamamoto Satsuo (The Shocked Lantern), “Zatoichi the Outlaw” is far denser in storyline than previous entries, and lighter on action. Also, it represents a turning point in the level of violence and blood. When Zatoichi slices, limbs and heads reach flying off, rather than fair people falling over uninteresting. When Katsu Productions took over, they upped the gore value on the series, as well as allowed Zatoichi to choose advantage of some of the offers the ladies so often through his contrivance. The character is detached the lovable rogue from the previous fifteen films, but he becomes more of a rounded human being and less of a perfect hero. This Zatoichi makes mistakes, kills the imperfect people, and has to position apt wrongs of his hold making.
Animeigo’s release of “Zatoichi the Outlaw” is pleasing, as expected. That company really takes care of their films, and makes definite that nothing less than perfection carries their logo. Separate color-coding is sometimes outmoded for the subtitles, which really helps when multiple characters shriek at the same time. For extras the DVD nine pages of liner notes discussing the series and this particular episode, as well as translator notes explaining the title change! That level of detail is really appreciated. I always feel that with an Animeigo DVD you can actually gawk the movie as well as examine it.
“Zatoichi the Outlaw” is also included as share of the Zatoichi – The Blind Swordsman DVD Collector’s Edition Box also released by Animeigo.
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