Lot's of
Katsu Shintaro's famous blind swordsman (and masseuse),
Zatoichi showing up on the
Kung Fu HD Channel over the past couple of weeks or so,
and for a little while longer. Seeing how often they repeat movies, I'll have some time to catch up. I usually catch a flick already in progress, but I've caught a few of these already and they're just great.
Katsu in this role is a lot like
Peter Falk in
Columbo; kinda clumsy and sloppy looking, but still cool, because unlike the characters around him, we know about the badass lurking beneath the surface.
The second film looks much better than it did on DVD, but that's because the dvd was downright crummy. I didn't check the first which I also have on disc. So far, all of the samurai flicks on this channel have used decent film transfers. Some of the kung fu movies as well, though some of the lower-lower budget stuff (Bruce Li, etc.) was obviously deemed unworthy of re-masters.
Labels: Awesome, HDTV, japanese, kung fu, movies, youtube
# posted by Edshugeo The GodMoor : 1:07 AM
