It’s the old, old story. Blind masseur comes to town, does a bit of gambling, meets a cross dresser and his/her sister and then brutally murders dozens of criminals. How many times have we heard that tale? And this is the plot of this week’s film, Zatoichi. Cliché! Still, the 101 Films boys found a lot to like in this, the first listener recommended film! Music credit: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod CC BY 3.0.
#20: Zatoichi
101 Films You Should Have Seen 
I finally remembered the name of that long-running Japanese film series: Tora-san (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoko_wa_Tsurai_yo), the tales of a bumbling travelling salesman. It stretched to 48 films…