Blood Spattered at Takadanobaba

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

Runtime

20m

Director

Roscoe Arbuckle

Cast

Buster Keaton, Al St. John

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high poli...

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Eiichi Kudō

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka, Kōtarō Satomi, Ryōhei Uchida

A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Chang Cheh

Cast

Jimmy Wang Yu, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Tien Feng

Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang respons...

Runtime

1h 22m

Director

Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast

Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuo Endō, Takashi Etajima

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Kenji Misumi

Cast

Shintarō Katsu, Nobuo Kaneko, Gen Kimura