Criterion Reflections – Episode 91 – Kazuo Mori’s Zatoichi At Large

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Dave Eves to discuss Zatoichi at Large, directed by Kazuo Mori.

Kazuo Mori

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Zatoichi at Large

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• 100 Films in a Year
• Blood Brothers
• Space Cortez Writes
• The Spinning Image

EARLIER CRITERION REFLECTIONS COVERAGE OF THE ZATOICHI FRANCHISE

• Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman (1971)
• Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
• Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
• Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
• Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
• Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
• Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
• Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)
• Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage (1966)
• Zatoichi’s Vengeance (1966)
• Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
• Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
• Zatoichi’s Revenge (1965)
• Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
• Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)

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1971 Short Films/Season 3 Finale

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