Just FYI I watched Zatoichi (well half of it) last night,
Huh? Zatoichi is like 25 films and a whole TV series, how do you watch “half” of it in one evening.
The Kitano remake is simply called “Zatoichi”.
Ah, right. I completely forgot about that version.
And since we’re at it, you mentioned 25 films earlier: don’t forget the 26th episode released in 1989. Still don’t know why Criterion (and Wild Side in France) didn’t release this one (it can however be found as a zone 1 edition).