S14E02 – The Blind Menace (1960) [不知火検校]

Before Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played another blind masseur, but a much more sinister one! Japanese film scholar Jonathan Wroot makes his debut on the show to discuss The Blind Menace! Hosted by Perry Constantine Guest-Starring Jonathan Wroot Visit Jonathan's faculty profile, pick up his book The Paths of Zatoichi, or check out the movie sets he's been involved with — Cloud and Charisma and Zen and Sword. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ ⁠https://nordvpn.com/fspn⁠. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ⁠JapanOnFilm.com⁠ ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ ⁠Threads⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Discord⁠ ⁠Film Stories Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices