When you think “Japan†and “swords,†your first thought…heck, your first handful of thoughts, will almost certainly be some combination of Kurosawa films and actor Toshiro Mifune. Slightly less well-known in the West is actor Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi, the blind masseur/gambler/swordsman of 19th-century Japan
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‘Zatoichi’ collection landing on Blu-ray, DVD