Zatôichi monogatari
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
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"This series is a ton of fun, but other than the morality questions they raise, they aren't much deeper than the films in the James Bond series. When a series of movies has this many entries, the films become almost like an episodic television show, where we get to come back and reunite with characters that we love. Zatoichi is the best part of this movie. His character is similar to characters we've seen in "The Hidden Fortress" or "Ran", but he's a little bit more fun. His character has a tongue-in-cheek quality to him, and he's a swindler, but at the s..."
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The "mon" coins used by the gamblers were made of either copper or iron and were the lowest-denomination currency in Japan until the yen system was established in 1870. The "ryo" paid to Zatoichi were gold and were worth many thousands of "mon." The Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan estimates that one "ryo" would be worth roughly $1200 to $1300 now.
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The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.