Just watched the new Dvd I got of the movie Zatoichi, the newest one with Takeshi(sp) playing the rple of Zatoichi. It freakin rocks, If you like the series or just samurai type films in general give it a chance. It kept the grat swordplay and humor of the previous installments and it come off great.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/