Samaritan Zatoichi

People say this is one of the lesser Zatoichi movies, there's nothing new to, we have seen every scene in one of the eighteen movies before. I tell you these people don't have a clue and are obviously unable to see one of Kenji Misumi's masterpieces properly.
Yes, we have nearly every classical Zatoichi scene and theme: there's Zatoichi quarreling with children, Zatoichi walking through gorgeous landscapes, Zatoichi making fun of people who try to make fun of him, Zatoichi loaded with guilt, Zatoichi charming the ladies, Zatoichi proving his prowess, the gambling scene, the capable foe with style, the silliness and so on. But each and every of this standard scenes is changed and reduced to its core, polished until its ideal form can be seen, reaching something like perfection. There is no better Zatoichi movie.