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The Blind Menace (1960) by Kazuo Mori - cranefly - 05-20-2020 Suganoichi, an amoral blind boy of uncanny artifice, grows up to be a blind masseuse with a very dark side. Shintaro Katsu plays the adult Suganoichi. This predates Zatoichi, by the way, which this film no doubt inspired. Shintaro Katsu is amazing. I figured it would take a few films for him to perfect the blind act. But he's fully formed even here. This reminds me of Flashman. Not that I've read any of that series, but a friend raved about them, where the protagonist is evil and takes advantage of everyone around him. RE: The Blind Menace (1960) by Kazuo Mori - Drunk Monk - 05-20-2020 http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=2854&pid=17477#pid17477 (07-22-2013, 12:09 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: As a side note, I also saw Blind Menace, which was a precursor to Zatoichi. Katsu plays Suginoichi, a blind masseuse. The character is totally reprehensible and utterly unredeemable, a murderer, a rapist, a backstabber, very unsympathetic. However, it's Katsu doing his blind man impression in a very raw form. |