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In 2005, Takashi Miike directed a Kabuki-style play titled Demon Pond. The DVD recording of the performance was released by Cinema Epoch. [28] [29] Takashi Miike directed the play Zatoichi based on the character Zatoichi. The stage production was performed and filmed on December 12, 2007, and the DVD was released on May 30, 2008.
[8] Stunt actor Yukio Kato was killed on the set of the 26th Zatoichi film by Katsu's son, who was co-starring, when an actual sword was mistaken for a prop, fatally wounding Kato. In her book, Geisha, A Life , Kyoto geisha Mineko Iwasaki claimed to have had a long time affair with Katsu, whom she calls by his given name, Toshio.
Zatoichi (Japanese: 座頭市, Hepburn: Zatōichi) is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa.He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s).
In 2003, he had his screen debut in Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman (2003) as Seitaro Naruto under the disguise of a Geisha named Osei. [3] His performance as Osei earned him the 13th Tokyo Sports Film Awards - Japanese Arts and Entertainment Division Grand Prize (第13回 東京スポーツ映画大賞 エンターテイメント部門 日本芸能大賞, Dai 13-kai Tōkyō ...
Inspiration was taken from the character Zatoichi, the "Man with No Name", and the works of Akira Kurosawa. [7] [8] The creators have stated their aim to make three or four seasons, and possibly a spinoff. [8] Episodes 1-7 have an aspect ratio of 16:9, with episode 8 changing to a more cinematic 2.35:1. [9]
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Miike Takashi × Aikawa Show: Zatoichi (三池崇史 × 哀川翔 『座頭市』), also known as Zatoichi Live, is a filmed stage production of Zatoichi, a play co-written by Takashi Miike and Masa Nakamura based on the character created by Kan Shimozawa. It was Miike's second filmed stage production, following Demon Pond in 2005. The stage ...
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