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Zach Closs

8May12

Every time I see this film, I wanna take up tap dancing.

the fuck did kitano do to zatoichi? he managed to take all of what makes the character badass and replaced it with a boring, silent, gore hungry main with frosted highlights and alien eyes. the fight scenes were boring with pathetic effects and the side characters undeveloped. i'll stick to my shintaro katsu's.

Zachary George Najarian-Najafi

12Jan12

This was amazing. I love the combination of humor, action and drama. Kitano did an amazing job on both sides of the camera here. The action scenes were thrilling, the soundtrack was cool and everything just worked. I loved the look of the film, Kitano does violent action the way it should be done; slow simmering and with a huge helping of cool. I can't recommend this one enough.

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Harry Rossi

21Jul11

Pretty interesting. There were some really fantastic scenes.

Jason Callen

5Apr11

Attempts to do in a single film what the original series did over twenty six (not to mention a hundred television episodes). The result is a pathetic hodgepodge of tones that doesn't even come close to capturing the spirit of the original series. To make matters worse, Kitano chose to use CGI for all the carnage and it looks absolutely horrible. Don't waste your time with this dreck, just watch the originals.

Threske

12Mar11

Mediocre and utterly superfluous bastardization of one of film's greatest sagas. 2/5

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ruby stevens

21Feb11

1989 zatoichi is better

Catherine

18Dec10

loved this, just the right amount of fight scenes and plot....

Francesca Perry Carboni

24Oct10

The bizarro tap dancing sequence at the end is worth 5 stars alone. So unexpectedly wierd I wasn't sure what I was watching, but I knew I loved it.

Tyler Aikens

19Oct10

Kitano and Asano = holy shit!

soiwaswrong

11Oct10

THe effects and the shos were exellent. However it is so weird!!! Weird than Lynch... I don't get it when they dance at the end.... It lacks content....

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

10Aug10

El famoso espadachin ciego fue previamente interpretado en dieciocho ocasiones por Shintaro Katsu, en un serial que devino tan popular en el cine japones como los de Godzilla y Tora-san. Esta nueva version de Takeshi Kitano confirma el dinamismo y la inteligencia del actor y director, quien ademas de mostrar su buena mano para la violencia, dota a la pelicula de un gran sentido del humor. De lo mejor de Kitano.

Pierre

10Jul10

One of the best Samurai movies I've seen period. It's violence is always second to it's heart.

Devon Hansen

10Jun10

Could've done without all the CGI gore.

Azkuma

20May10

Great film retelling of the series from the 60's

dBainy

16Mar10

I am a somewhat Takeshi fan. That "somewhat" is due to his insistent on "borrowing" from mass media and works of others. The genre of samurai stories of the past is well worn thin. Dying the blind Samurai hair "Blonde" is not going distract the audience from the obvious - lack of ingenuity and plot.... Sorry Beat. This is not a very strong film here, perhaps only to the new audience of Japanese cinema.