This Friday, January 22 @ 7:30pm the Japan Society is having a screening of ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE, the 1963 installment in the long-running Zatoichi series. It’s the fourth film in the series and it’s widely considered to be one of the best, especially the final fight scene. Don’t believe me? Here’s one review that praises the action, and another review. (showtimes and tickets)

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And on Tuesday, January 26 @ 8pm at the IFC Center, the “Stranger than Fiction” documentary series will be screening THE BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD with the editor, Jean Tsien, present. It’s a documentary about, natch, the biggest Chinese restaurant in the world, and it played the Toronto International Film Festival this year and by all accounts it’s pretty great. You can read reviews here or here. (showtimes and tickets)

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