SPOILER WARNING: I quote a line that kinda, sorta, but not really tells you a little bit about how a 50 year old film ended. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!
NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI - Pretty great entry in the series. The plot isn't as focused as in the first two entries, and consequently dragged a bit in the second act, but this one has so much going for it. I felt like Shintaro Katsu really got to show his range as an actor here -- the proposal scene was as compelling as any of the swordfights, and I absolutely loved his final line: "I'm sorry, Miss, but it seems I am that kind of man." -- just heartbreaking. Also having Akira Ikufube back behind the baton was great -- whoever composed for the second film dropped the ball a bit and it just wasn't the same. Finally, and most obviously -- we move to color with this entry. The color really opens up the look of the film, although it does make the lack of blood in the sword fights all the more obvious.
NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI - Pretty great entry in the series. The plot isn't as focused as in the first two entries, and consequently dragged a bit in the second act, but this one has so much going for it. I felt like Shintaro Katsu really got to show his range as an actor here -- the proposal scene was as compelling as any of the swordfights, and I absolutely loved his final line: "I'm sorry, Miss, but it seems I am that kind of man." -- just heartbreaking. Also having Akira Ikufube back behind the baton was great -- whoever composed for the second film dropped the ball a bit and it just wasn't the same. Finally, and most obviously -- we move to color with this entry. The color really opens up the look of the film, although it does make the lack of blood in the sword fights all the more obvious.
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