Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Zatoichi: Blind Swordsman 4 - The Fugitive (1963) Rating: Starring: Toru Abe, Masayo Banri, Jutaro Hojo, Shintaro Katsu, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Junichiro Narita, Miwa Takada Director: Tokuzo Tanaka Category: Action / Adventure, Avant Garde, Foreign Studio: Home Vision Subtitles: English Length: 86 mins     With 26 film sequels and upwards of 100 TV episodes, Shintaro Katsu is the legendary Zatoichi!He's a low ranking blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code and answers his foes with a deadly cane sword.By far, one of Japanese cinema's most time honored screen personas, Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate anti-hero and champion of the common man. Zatoichi seeks bloody vengeance on a ruthless gang and a powerful ronin in episode four of the Blind Swordsman series.Arriving in the village of Shimonita, Ichi learns that a local gang has placed a bounty on his head.A powerful hired ronin attacks Ichi and nearly claims his life, but when a defenseless woman is slain by the assassin, Ichi can no longer control his rage.After laying waste to the entire gang, Ichi's final duel becomes a deadly meeting of the samurai's superior swordsmanship and the blind masseur's unbridled rage.