Fan of this movie here: The "bodyguard" he refers to is a expert swordsman they've hired at the beggining of the movie. If you notice, he says in japanese: "Sensei [something bla bla]"
If someone is blind, their other senses improve, such as hearing and feeling. When I was in Singapore, I did this blind experience thing with my class where we were in a dark room and the staff are all blind. They could tell how much money I gave them when we were in a “restaurant”.
Love this movie. It's definitely more of an 'art house' movie though rather than an action film. One of my favourite scenes is where he's walking out in the countryside and the farmers working the fields become part of the soundtrack which I found strangely, beautifully hypnotic.
To aim for surprise means to hide and lurk. Even if the other party is blind, as long as we have such an awareness imprinted on us, it is not surprising that we would take this action. If this were me, I would surely act the same way. Because it comes from my own life-supported (and can surprise people) experience, and it is an action that I can take on the spur of the moment.
I loved this movie when I saw it the first time. Then I saw some of the old Zatoichi movies. The contrast here is that this guy is way more of a badass, but old Zatoichi is more believable as a blind man. His fighting style is completely different.
Old Ichi would often fake clumsiness to keep his opponents optimistic, otherwise everyone just froze in terror, Ichi had other things to get to that day.. Also he virtually never bothered to kill unarmed peeps, no challenge.. This Ichi is grey haired, I'm guessing older, more jaded.. just as easy to gack an unarmed guy as not.. _flash_
The music direction in this movie is top notch. I love how they cut out just as he killed the first dude. And the farming and construction scenes are 🔥🔥🔥 too
I like the slashes and cuts in the fights. That’s what makes this the best lone swordsman movie for me. If they made a remake of this movies or a sequel, I would be all over it.
Zatoichi is one of the great heroes, I love his lore. The reason for him killing all these men during feudal Japan was simple, these men were corrupt officials his samurai and his guards, they hired ninja to assassinate Zatoichi after he convinced one of this man's samurai to spare the life of a father who was forced into making illegal drawings for devices that were banned.
I really appreciate how they treated the classic Zatoichi memetics here with the CGI and whatnot. Zatoichi is the Michael Myers of justice and I think this movie did a good job covering it. Don't run from Zatoichi. Try to ambush Zatoichi. Use a gun or a ranged weapon against Zatoichi. And so on.
Right at the end he kills a guy, leaves him holding his scabbard in a deathgrip, then after killing the last man just throws his sword backwards into the scabbard. What a boss.
No it wasn't. Do you understand what a 'simple' pan is? The shot is a close-up transitioning through a pan into a mid-shot whilst conserving momentum. It's not a 'simple' shot by a long run, even if it looks 'simple' to you.
I love how they added a revolver cause that was the only weapon that could be imported to Japan at the timeand it still is the only weapon the police uses
True. By the way, I've just watched the old movie, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, and the only time Zatoichi got hurt was when he was hit by a piece of tile in the head. He started bleeding then, and that was pretty much the ending. The ending was a bit weird but Zatoichi still killed everyone and won.
Some chick made him bleed, and a baby bit his nipple.. but his only consistent weakness seems to be firearms.. if he's not close enough. Good thing it's set in the 1840's.
@@chuongtruong1676 I suppose it's a lot more efficient to use digital effects as you don't have to clean the set up every time they mess up a stunt but still looks odd!
@@davidjsaul It's an objectively poor decision to use CGI for blood in any medium. They used to do scenes like this in one take. The editing is worse than the CGI.
@@maskcollector6949 Yep, I agree. Even more annoying is it still looks incredibly fake even now. Given how good CGI is these days it seems ridiculous that they can't make CGI blood look more realistic!
@@davidjsaul It's not going to match reality anytime soon, sticking to practical effects indefinitely because it's got more depth because you get an actual reaction from the actors.
Just one of his many attempts to do a bit of everything to sell himself. He openly talked about how he hates video games. But of course, he'll still make one cause cash.
Aaaand now I know where the 'Blind Justice' Nikana stance comes from in _Warframe._ It's got a very similar 'don't bother with a guard position' back-handed swipes style.
I mean, I have to admit it. Takeshi Kitano plays a marvelously frightening version of 座頭市, but I’ve gotten so used to Shintaro Katsu as embodying 座頭市, that’s it’s difficult to accept anyone else. Kitano is great in actually acting as a blind man would. Credit where credit is due.
![The blind swordsman Zatoichi, secret blade of the cane. [Movie Son's review]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mQxVJZvflBs/mqdefault.jpg)
Enemies: We did not see this coming.
Zatoichi: Me neither.
Yo lmao 😂
Hah! Good one
Oh wow a blind joke. So funny making fun of blind people. Hope you become blind one day and lets see if you're still joking.
Ah brilliant!
Lolll
His kills symbolize death and his blindess symbolizes the inability to see. Truly brilliant writing.
hahahahahaha
I love this movie but I suggest you look up the original film series with Shintaro Katsu, trust me, you'll see something more on them.
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Film analysis essays be like
座頭市のビートたけしは洒落にならんレベルでかっこよすぎる
When you a max lved charcter but need to go back finish lv10 quest.
hilarious
What unexpected likes for these beautiful max lvled characters
It's like biting an overiped apple lol
Like in Ghost of Tsushima lol
🤣
So thats the real final round of Takeshis Castle (Directors Cut).
Lmao
"That's some X-treme eliminations, Vic."
"Right you are, Ken!"
can't believe its the same dude, he used to be so goofy
😆😆
@@kylenguyen7371 ll6
And he became an admiral then went to arrest dofflamingo.
Fujitoraa
Issho-san
Hahahah
Fujitora face is based on Zatoichi old version
Well said!
I love how casual these nobles are.
"Ay yo get the bodyguards"
Di-Did you not see these boys armed with swords get fillet'd.
Welcome to the Japanese caste system
Fan of this movie here: The "bodyguard" he refers to is a expert swordsman they've hired at the beggining of the movie. If you notice, he says in japanese: "Sensei [something bla bla]"
@@gorkok
Yes, He meant the Hattori Gennosuke (the bodyguard.)
They aren't nobles. Most likely rich men or the Yakuza.
they didn't understand
1:08
I love how he's hiding behind see-through furniture from the blind guy
He got radar ears
If someone is blind, their other senses improve, such as hearing and feeling. When I was in Singapore, I did this blind experience thing with my class where we were in a dark room and the staff are all blind. They could tell how much money I gave them when we were in a “restaurant”.
Fun fact, that guy pulled an actual gun, in an attempt to stop Takeshi Kitano's murderous rampage on set.
Rumor says the prop master accidentally gave him a loaded katana.
hahahaha XD
@@nonaurbizniz7440 wooooo hahah really XD
Foolish nameless extra.
so uhh has Kitano been apprehended by the police yet? or is his bloodlusted rampage still ongoing in Japan?
Love this movie. It's definitely more of an 'art house' movie though rather than an action film. One of my favourite scenes is where he's walking out in the countryside and the farmers working the fields become part of the soundtrack which I found strangely, beautifully hypnotic.
Fart house
those things arent mutually exclusive lmao and this is 100% in the action movie genre
this is not an arthouse kitano movie not even close to one
Imagine you need to hide behind a door to surprise a blind swordmaster 😂
It doesn't make sense, it's a show
Ironic.
To aim for surprise means to hide and lurk. Even if the other party is blind, as long as we have such an awareness imprinted on us, it is not surprising that we would take this action. If this were me, I would surely act the same way. Because it comes from my own life-supported (and can surprise people) experience, and it is an action that I can take on the spur of the moment.
You cant even kill him in an open, so thats why they choose that attempt
Takeshi Kitano is one of the most important filmmakers, actors and writers, not only in Japan, but all over the world. 💙💙🖊📖🎥📹🎞📺📽🗻🎬🎬🎬
Got to be the single best title summary of any of these Movieclips things.
Yeah there's this blind guy down the street from where I live. Kinda like this.
Coulda just called the whole movie this
Reminds me of that tragedy
I loved this movie when I saw it the first time. Then I saw some of the old Zatoichi movies. The contrast here is that this guy is way more of a badass, but old Zatoichi is more believable as a blind man. His fighting style is completely different.
Old Ichi would often fake clumsiness to keep his opponents optimistic, otherwise everyone just froze in terror, Ichi had other things to get to that day..
Also he virtually never bothered to kill unarmed peeps, no challenge..
This Ichi is grey haired, I'm guessing older, more jaded.. just as easy to gack an unarmed guy as not.. _flash_
The rain scene in this film shows that. Ichi has been having these kinds of adventures for so long that its all he sees anymore. Hes numb to it now.
1:59 lol, the guy's probably thinking "Oh why? I could've still lived."
タケシ天才すぎやろマジで
This Zatoichi is a lot more ruthless.
Yup, like him that way
Like Me.
This Zatoichi’s not handicapped. He makes his opponents handicapped!
He was dealing with a yakuza type group who massacred an entire family.
@@mannylugz5872 Uh oh it's "that guy"
Shintarō Katsu, will FOREVER remain a good actor for his interpretation of Zatoichi.
1:57 When you don t upgrade your luck stat
"Get the body guards"
Because that will help immensely
I think he said "Get THE bodyguard" meaning bring out the pro rather these cheap minions. Didn't do much good though, did it?
Such a shame they don't make good movies like this anymore.
The music direction in this movie is top notch. I love how they cut out just as he killed the first dude. And the farming and construction scenes are 🔥🔥🔥 too
ぶっちゃけ、本家よりこっちが好き
I like the slashes and cuts in the fights. That’s what makes this the best lone swordsman movie for me. If they made a remake of this movies or a sequel, I would be all over it.
こうして見ると剣術の心得も何もないビートたけしが演技だけで魅せてるのが逆に良い。
ただ、リボルバー当時こんなタイプの既に日本に来てたのかな…幕末の龍馬のですら用心鉄なしの旧式ってイメージだけど…
Damn so this is what it's like to keep ghost stance going indefinitely
😂
Zatoichi has some mad perks
Jin sakai but blind, but doesn't use ghost weapons
"Find me in the next life."
Ultra instinct
Later on, he joined the Special Forces to fight Shinnok and Quan Chi.
Nice to know someone follows Dan Southworth's inspiration as he mentions that in an interview regarding his character Kenshi
流石に本職の時代劇役者ではないので動きに厳しい部分はあるが、敵に持たせた鞘に刀を投げるシーンとか演出はとても面白かった
Best thing in this scene are the faces people make before dying 👌
which cud be traced back to kabuki performer, where they had to emphasize what is going on...
Zatoichi is one of the great heroes, I love his lore. The reason for him killing all these men during feudal Japan was simple, these men were corrupt officials his samurai and his guards, they hired ninja to assassinate Zatoichi after he convinced one of this man's samurai to spare the life of a father who was forced into making illegal drawings for devices that were banned.
That was a great end fight for that film. Second the samurai threatened the wife and kid, you can see Ichi is now PISSED.
I really appreciate how they treated the classic Zatoichi memetics here with the CGI and whatnot. Zatoichi is the Michael Myers of justice and I think this movie did a good job covering it. Don't run from Zatoichi.
Try to ambush Zatoichi.
Use a gun or a ranged weapon against Zatoichi.
And so on.
The dance scene at the end was awesome, great movie.
The Boss. Zatoichi. Love this guy.
When u realize he didn't even need to use his devil fruit powers
Right at the end he kills a guy, leaves him holding his scabbard in a deathgrip, then after killing the last man just throws his sword backwards into the scabbard. What a boss.
One of the BEST samurai movies Ive ever seen!
This was awesome I like how he's not wasting time with his enemies.
Dudes are brave, see old blind guy slice through a dozen guys like nothing and you still hang around to take him on, pretty ballsy.
1:59 The one dude who could have turned the odds in their favor.
My God he's perfect! Those cuts and dramatic details are amazing!
Every shot is pure Art in this scene.
He's so good that he could do this blindfolded
1:32 I felt that
Right in the family jewels.
久々に見たけど死ぬほどカッコええやん
Takeshi played a great Zatoichi. And this title is perfect because he does clean house in this scene
Always loved the blood effects. Makes it look like a comic book
I like how a guard was just conveniently standing directly in the bullet's path when the gun fired 😆
The sound the dude makes when dying @ 1:26. Most original I've heard.
1:51 Awesome camera shot!
The movement is very nice, and it's got nice framing. What's wrong with the shot? Weirdo.
No it wasn't. Do you understand what a 'simple' pan is? The shot is a close-up transitioning through a pan into a mid-shot whilst conserving momentum. It's not a 'simple' shot by a long run, even if it looks 'simple' to you.
LordTakeshi in the 1:59 😕The bullet
had to kill an incredible precision to kill another Samurai outside 😃😃🤔🤔🤔 Ussssss
kiyonexus you’re a dipshit
That old man said "Get off my lawn!"
Shoulda listened
I love how they added a revolver cause that was the only weapon that could be imported to Japan at the timeand it still is the only weapon the police uses
So this is how Fujitora got drafted into the Marines...well I'll be damned.
@ISAAC 10 YEA
🤣🤣
Man, I gotta watch this movie...Again.
this guy is untouchable
808MixMaster
no
its like blind fury has come back to live😮
True. By the way, I've just watched the old movie, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, and the only time Zatoichi got hurt was when he was hit by a piece of tile in the head. He started bleeding then, and that was pretty much the ending. The ending was a bit weird but Zatoichi still killed everyone and won.
That Ronin hurt him and made him bleed
Some chick made him bleed, and a baby bit his nipple.. but his only consistent weakness seems to be firearms.. if he's not close enough. Good thing it's set in the 1840's.
勝新に並ぶ恐ろしい強さ…。
Imagine losing a gunfight against an old blind swordsman.
00:22 Nice Scabbard/Sword switching
This movie is the reason why I always give extra distance to blind people when they're walking in the street.
0:06 そんな刀の用途があったとは…
Lock picking lvl 100
One of the best Samurai movies.
and then he became the host for takeshi castle tv shows
I think you have to be a cold hard OG to look at all that and go: “Eh...get the bodyguard.”
The rule is simple...any blind swordman on movies/games/books/animes will always be OP.
SAKAMOTO DAYSの篁さんみたいな雰囲気で好き
I always watch this movie when it comes on tv. Love the tap dance sequence at the end.
"Get the Bodyguard...
And find someone to clean the Koi-pond!"
The actor actually went on a rampage on set and the director liked so much so he kept it in the final cut
If there were real samurais like him then that's like the most craziest thing you would ever witness if you were there without a doubt hand down.
the best "parry this you filthy casual" reference
There needs to be an anime series of Zatoichi the blind swordsman.
There is an anime character inspired by him
@@rmoises8 Which anime, if you don't mind me asking?
@@ritwikg.8006 Fujitora from One Piece
In my mind this is me heading towards the board room to meet my boss about my pay.
I love Takeshi Kitano, but Shintaro Katsu was, is and will be the one and only Zatoichi!
When you buy California sushi rolls at the grocery store
Zatoichi: "omayra mou shindeiru" Henchmen: "nani?!?"
*High pitch sounds*
*Omae wa mou shindeiru!*
A hit cut like a portrait at 01:58,
it is a distinctive of Takeshi's work!
You can see such scenes like this in another Takeshi's Yakuza movies.
Sword Saint Isshin be like: 1:42
The CGI blood looks really weird. I thought all these types of Japanese films used practical blood effects?
I believe it was the director’s (who also acted as the protagonist) choice. Stylistic choice.
@@chuongtruong1676 I suppose it's a lot more efficient to use digital effects as you don't have to clean the set up every time they mess up a stunt but still looks odd!
@@davidjsaul It's an objectively poor decision to use CGI for blood in any medium. They used to do scenes like this in one take. The editing is worse than the CGI.
@@maskcollector6949 Yep, I agree. Even more annoying is it still looks incredibly fake even now. Given how good CGI is these days it seems ridiculous that they can't make CGI blood look more realistic!
@@davidjsaul It's not going to match reality anytime soon, sticking to practical effects indefinitely because it's got more depth because you get an actual reaction from the actors.
One of the greatest ever opening sequels in movie history.
This guy remids me of fujitora. Beast!
I think oda use this as a inspiration
Great film, I always liked watching this... Just imagine that skill.... with a Light Saber 🤔
I Love this movie. Can't wait to see Takeshi Kitano in the new Ghost in the shell picture. He's my favorite Japanese actor.
He doesn't do any action in that movie ghost in the shell except one scene and it isn't much. He has a few speaking parts that is it.
ARakaLordBrilliant He did it for the paycheck, I don't blame him.
He does everything for the paycheck. He's known for being a sellout.
Just one of his many attempts to do a bit of everything to sell himself. He openly talked about how he hates video games. But of course, he'll still make one cause cash.
He was underplayed. Sadly enough.
0:28 after 10 hours of Ghost Of Tsushima
Boss is chill. Asking for the bodyguard like he's ordering takeout from MOS Burger
One of my favorite modern movie adaptations of the Master.
The dead stood like mannequins and died without striking back
This is the samurai of Japan
Sad they don't have a sequel of him losing his hands and becoming an even better samurai than in this clip.
🤣
Now, this is a great one
Aaaand now I know where the 'Blind Justice' Nikana stance comes from in _Warframe._
It's got a very similar 'don't bother with a guard position' back-handed swipes style.
Got me feeling nostalgic , gonna go watch "Shogun Assassin" and" lightning Sword of Death".
Got to see all the Lone Wolf movies in a theater earlier this year-was so happy.
I mean, I have to admit it. Takeshi Kitano plays a marvelously frightening version of 座頭市, but I’ve gotten so used to Shintaro Katsu as embodying 座頭市, that’s it’s difficult to accept anyone else.
Kitano is great in actually acting as a blind man would. Credit where credit is due.
Now considering someone in the US is apparently doing a Lone Wolf and CUb film....I'm kinda terrified.
I love Jackie Chan.
Hes s good Samurai
I love when he cuts the stone sculpture, it reminds of a samurai/ninja based video game of the 90’s forgot the name.
Samurai Showdown or Tenchu: Stealth Assassin
@@seanyoung9014 tanks bud, I looked it up after your comment, it was indeed Samurai Shodown.
Out of all the people got killed here, the only one I pity is the guy who got cut from the crotch up.
It's the one hit by the stray bullet for me. Poor guy had already given up the fight. XD
Yep, he got a Bobbit like no other.
When he slashes the stone lantern is the best and he throws the sword back into is scabbard
Me: woooooow
**takes out a fire weapon **
Me: what?
Takeshi Kitano always crops up intermittently in my life. Loved him in Battle Royale.
"I SAID NO WHISPERING!"
'Zatoichi Kills Everyone' what a title.
Fake news! Zatoichi did NOT kill everybody, The one guy shot the other guy.
Best Zatoichi clip I've ever seen, tho.
Wow that was amazing done
If such a man really existed, he must have been one of one! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤