Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman 1971
Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Hsu Tseng-Hung
- Adventure, Action, Drama
- 94 min
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
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Cast
- Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
- Jimmy Wang YuWang Kang
- Yuko HamaOsen
- Michie TeradaOyone
- Kōji NanbaraKakuzen
- Tōru AbeBoss Toubei
- Shinsuke MinamiHanoichi
- Goro Kumon
- Watako HamakiSen
- Katsutoshi Akiyama
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- Kimiyoshi YasudaDirector
- Hsu Tseng-HungDirector
- Yamada TakayukiScreenplay
- Kimiyoshi YasudaScreenplay
- Chikashi MakiuraDirector of Photography
- Fujio MoritaDirector of Photography
- Isao TomitaOriginal Music Composer
- Toshio TaniguchiEditor
- Shintarō KatsuProducer
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