Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the Hindu Faith, and be known as a writer. He does get considerable success, so much so that he becomes famous as a miracle worker, having cured a man of sharing intimacy with his bicycle; prevented a man from believing that he can fly; and convincing a young woman to end her fast. His fame spreads all over the island and thousands throng to seek his blessings, which he does dole out quite benevolently, without charging any fees from the poor and the needy. He then decides to spread his wings by challenging the local politician Pandit Narayan Chandrashekhar alias Cyrus T., and takes over The Hindu Organization, thence opening his way to a seat in the prestigious Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Trapped in our gig jobs economy, an aspiring masseur learns the sacrifices required from an experienced massage therapist..
Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must reconcile his job as a sex worker with the rest of his family..
Deux masseurs aveugles arrivent dans la station thermale de montagne où ils vont exercer chaque hiver leur métier. L'un des deux s'éprend d'une cliente tokyoïte bien mystérieuse..
A soccer player is injured and decides to recuperate at a secluded villa accompanied by a sexy masseuse..
Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in his early period in the 1960s. The film is realized not only as a dance document but also as a Cine-Dance, a term made by Iimura, that is meant to be a choreography of film. The filmmaker "performed" with a camera on the stage in front of the audience. With the main performers: Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, the film has the highlights such as Butohs of a soldier by Hijikata & a mad woman by Ohno. There is a story of the mad woman, first outcast and ignored, at the end joins to the community through her dance. Inserted descriptions of Anma (The Masseurs) are made for the film by the filmmaker, but were not in the original Butoh. The film, the only document taken of the performance, must be seen for the understanding of Hijikata Butoh and the foundation of Butoh..
Un aveugle d'aspect pataud fait son irruption dans la petite province de Shimosa. Nommé Ichi, il se fait vite connaître pour ses talents de masseur et pour son habileté surnaturelle aux dés. Mais une autre réputation l'a précédé : en dépit de son handicap, c'est un bretteur hors pair. Et le boss Sukegoro, du clan yakuza Iioka, entend bien s'attacher ses services dans la guerre sanglante qui gronde contre son ennemi irréductible, le clan Sasagawa. Pour Zatoichi, c'est aussi la perspective d'un combat à mort contre Hirate, un mercenaire pour lequel il s'est pris d'amitié….
Ichi, appelé pour masser le seigneur du fief Kuroda, est témoin de la folie du maître. Trois samouraïs, à la demande de l'intendant du han, essayent en vain de le faire taire. Ichi se retrouve pourchassé par les hommes de main du parrain Kanbei, commandités par l'intendant du fief pour que ce terrible secret ne puisse être ébruité. Aidé par Osetsu, jeune femme qui lui rappelle étrangement son prime amour Ochiyo, il gagne Lioka dans l'intention de se rendre sur la tombe d'Hiraté au temple de Sasagawa, tenant la promesse de venir lui rendre hommage un an après sa mort....
One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatamoto samurai, to collect some money. But Fukami is too busy having an affair with a maid and curtly tells Soetsu to ask Sawano, his wife, for the money. As they have no money, Sawano interprets her husband's words as telling her to give herself to Soetsu in lieu of payment. However, Fukami catches them in the act and kills them both. Snatching up Soetsu's money bag with 30 ryo in it, he then asks two ruffians, to sink the bodies in a marsh. From what follows, it seems as if the spirits of Soetsu and Sawano are still hovering on earth in anguish and anger. For soon afterwards, Fukami is found dead by his own hand and Osono, Soetsu's younger daughter, suddenly disappears from home..
Zatoichi nous revient plus guilleret que jamais, débutant le film par un tournoi de sumotori qu'il remportera avec beaucoup d'énergie. Mais, rassurez-vous, le pessimisme ambiant ne tardera pas à refaire vite surface. La tête de Ichi est mise à prix par un parrain local. Les yakuzas, alléchés par l'argent, n'hésitent pas à s'en prendre à lui et à périr sous sa lame. Cependant, obligé de tuer un jeune yakuza attiré par la prime, Ichi décide de se rendre au village du défunt afin de présenter ses excuses à la mère de celui-ci ainsi que pour trouver qui a mis sa tête à prix....
C'est l'histoire d'un masseur aveugle qui trompe les gens, vole et tue ; il est l'anti-Zatoichi.
