Zatoichi: Blind Swordsman 8 - Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) Rating: Starring: Nobuo Kaneko, Shintaro Katsu Director: Kenji Misumi Category: Avant Garde, Foreign Studio: Home Vision Subtitles: English Length: 87 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. In a cruel twist of fate, an innocent woman is cut down in an ambush intended for the blind swordsman, turning her infant child into an orphan. Feeling responsible, Ichi vows to safely deliver the child to its father. The assassins relentlessly pursue Ichi, who must fight with ever more efficient determination now that he is the infant's only protector. In a final bitter twist of fate and plot, Ichi must add to his list of enemies the father of the child he has sworn to protect.