59 years ago:
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (JP)
Original title: 座頭市あばれ凧
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is ...
1964-07-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54265
#ZatoichisFlashingSword #ShintarKatsu #TatsuoEnd #RytarGomi #ClassicFilm

57 years ago:
Zatoichi's Vengeance (JP)
Original title: 座頭市の歌が聞える
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murd...
1966-05-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/21410
#ZatoichisVengeance #ShintarKatsu #JunHamamura #GenKimura #ClassicFilm

63 years ago:
The Demon of Mount Oe (JP)
Original title: 大江山酒天童子
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and the beautiful lady in tragic love! A grand visual epic told with mesmerizing extravagance!
1960-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/295737
#TheDemonofMountOe #RaizIchikawa #ShintarKatsu #Horror #Movies

53 years ago:
Incident at Blood Pass (JP)
Original title: 待ち伏せ
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help...
1970-04-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/20528
#IncidentatBloodPass #ToshirMifune #RurikoAsaoka #ShintarKatsu #Film

50 years ago:
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (JP)
Original title: 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested ...
1973-04-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54307
#ZatoichisConspiracy #ShintarKatsu #TakashiShimura #EijiOkada

34 years ago:
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (JP)
Original title: 座頭市
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of s...
1989-02-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40644
#ZatoichiDarknessIsHisAlly #ShintarKatsu #MihoNakayama #KenOgata #Movies