I don't profess to have seen the preceding 25 of this series, but I have seen quite a few of them. Shintaro Katsu is greying but still has his funny walk, his swift sword and is still massaging and hacking his way through corrupt officials and yakuza slime. The ladies pure and jaded fall for him and he defends orphans and innocent young girls.
He has one last confrontation at the end with a samurai who might be his match but who also has become a friend. Their relationship is summarized by the saying "the falling leaf does not hate the wind" and "the one who drew first was you."
Some noteworthy faces include Takanori Jinnai and Ogata Ken. I could swear that is Beat Takeshi in there, too, but I don't see his name in the credits, so I could be wrong.
As in many of these long running serials, plots and characters repeat themselves, but this one came off well, and I give it 4/5 acorns.
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