06 Sep 2003
Zatoichi
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.
Top Billed Cast
東千代之介 
千原しのぶ 
藤里まゆみ 
原健策 
片岡栄二郎 
萬屋錦之介 
中村玉緒 荒木忍 朝雲照代 Shusuke Daimonji
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