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Movie Review: Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (Zatôichi senryô-kubi)

This may have been my least favorite of the series. Zatoichi gets accused of stealing a village's tax payment and attempts to clear his name. This movie didn't have the regular rhythm of the others, although it did have the dramatic look in lots of scenes. I felt like they never resolved the story of the boss that hid on the mountain, and the ending would have been a little better if they had showed Zatoichi walking away, like they usually do. I'm not sure I have really figured out what felt off in this, since it seems very strange for me to be complaining that this didn't stick to the formula when I usually complain about how it doesn't deviate from the formula.