director of this episode was Shintarô Katsu (the lead actor of all collection) and at first i think it might be amateurish or something but it's not. his ideas in some context are wonderful and very well made. in my opinion it was the bitterest episode of all and i mean it's even really difficult to watch in that matter. there is no happy-ending, not in sub-narratives nor in whole story and it's cause the movie converted into some kind of "Art film" beyond most of the episodes from that matter. the screenplay is weak in dialogues but the story, itself was good. also i specially like the jazzy music of the film. so i take some picture from the movie and you can see through them what i mean. they are kinda reminds me of "Akio Jissoji" movies.
for more information you could check this movie in http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201922/ or https://letterboxd.com/film/zatoichi-in-desperation/
my rating for this movie is: ✮✮✮½✩
what is your opinion about this film and what is your rating? please share your opinion with me.