Feb 26 movie: Zatoichi and the Doomed Man. This one begins with Zatoichi being beaten as a punishment for gambling. Which was kind of a weird beginning for the movie. While in jail the night before, he meets a condemned man who claims to be innocent and begs Zatoichi to go to his town and tell the people who can exonerate him. On the way Zatoichi meets a sleazy monk who later impersonates him in order to get free booze and women from small-time gangsters hoping to hire the famed Zatoichi. As you can imagine, this really pisses off the real Zatoichi.
Georg and I enjoyed this very much, but we agreed that the ending kind of fell apart. It seemed like they didn't really know how to wrap up the story, so they kept going until they ran out of steam, and then just stopped. Still, it was worth it for the hilarious Zatoichi imitation by the monk.
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