M O N D A Y , M A Y 3
Program 52
ArcLight Hollywood • 9:30 p.m.
ZATOICHI 3: NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI (Shin Zatochi Monogatari)
(Japan, 1963) Dir.: Tokuzo Tanaka; Scr.: Minoru Inuzuka, Kikuo Umebayashi
With more killer swordsmanship, romance, and action-packed drama, the Blind Swordsman is back in the first color episode of the Zatoichi series. Masseur Ichi returns to his home village to discover that his former teacher has been hiring out his swordsmanship skills to a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Meanwhile the mentor’s sister offers herself in marriage to Zatoichi, who must decline because of the danger it would bring to any woman Ichi was known to love.
35mm (CinemaScope), 91 min., Narrative, color, in Japanese w/Eng. subtitlesCLICK HERE to go to the VC FILMFEST ONLINE BOXOFFICE and purchase tickets for this program
