10-27-2023, 10:33 PM
E11 had some fresh twists. There’s a traveling doctor and his daughter, and a drunk ronin with a pistol. He shoots Ichi for 10 ryu (bought by a snivelly yakuza boss that Ichi cuts in the opening scene). Ichi is mended by the doctor but has to rest and the yakuza try everything to finish him off, even paying the Fu man another 30 ryu. But that ronin has a history with the doc’s daughter and was himself a doc.
The revenge scene after Ichi recovers is great. He sneakily cuts a hole in the floor and drops the yakuza boss so only his head is showing and tells him not to move. But he does and a misty arterial spray emerges as the boss slumps over. Then he rises from the floor surrounded by hench yakuza which he slays furiously, including a beautiful oner where he drops 3 outside a doorway, then walks towards the camera to be ambushed by more that he drops, and then that simple noto, tip straight and smooth into the scabbard - such a masterful move. Shintaro Katsu was such a fine swordsman. He continues to impress.
I don’t know why everyone eats rice balls so sloppily tho. I get why Ichi does - he’s blind - but the rest? Wth?
The revenge scene after Ichi recovers is great. He sneakily cuts a hole in the floor and drops the yakuza boss so only his head is showing and tells him not to move. But he does and a misty arterial spray emerges as the boss slumps over. Then he rises from the floor surrounded by hench yakuza which he slays furiously, including a beautiful oner where he drops 3 outside a doorway, then walks towards the camera to be ambushed by more that he drops, and then that simple noto, tip straight and smooth into the scabbard - such a masterful move. Shintaro Katsu was such a fine swordsman. He continues to impress.
I don’t know why everyone eats rice balls so sloppily tho. I get why Ichi does - he’s blind - but the rest? Wth?
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