Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Zatoichi: Blind Swordsman 7 - Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) Rating: Starring: Tatsuo Endo, Takashi Etajima, Ryutaro Gomi, Bokuzen Hidari, Shintaro Katsu Director: Kazuo Ikehiro Category: Avant Garde, Foreign Studio: Home Vision Subtitles: English Length: 82 mins     The Blind Swordsman Series 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. As the fireworks explode overhead, the blood runs under foot. Zatoichi is provoked into a fury of sword slinging by a disreputable gang leader trying to oust a rival, good-natured boss. A houseguest of the peaceful Brunkichi boss, Ichi attempts to help his gracious host fight the greedy boss Yasugoro, but as a fugitive, Ichi's honorable host must ask the blind swordsman to leave. With Ichi temporarily out of the way, Yasugoro makes his bloody move. But being a man of fairness and equality, Zatoichi makes sure Yasugoro gets what he deserves in the end.