Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Zatoichi: Blind Swordsman 9 - Adventures Of Zatoichi (1964) Rating: Starring: Shintaro Katsu Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda Category: Avant Garde, Foreign Studio: Home Vision Subtitles: English Length: 83 mins     With 25 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 Japan's most time-honored screen personas. Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate everyman anti-hero. Episode Nine - Adventures of Zatoichi While corrupt bosses exploit hard-working merchants preparing for a New Year's celebration, Zatoichi dispenses justice with the edge of his cane sword.