The American trailer for Beat Takeshi's Zatoichi is up. It's the story of a blind samurai. I just watched the original film recently. It was smart, fun entertainment.
I like Takeshi as an actor. As a director I'm a little leary. His movie "Fireworks" was much praised by the critics. But I don't know. It was certainly good, but it wasn't as powerful as I expected. On the other hand, I really enjoyed his film "Brother," which most critics didn't like.
Apparently, Miramax has picked up Zatoichi for distribution in the States. I'm looking forward to it.