Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 13, 1971

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Chinese, Japanese

Countries

Hong Kong, Japan

Production

Daiei Film,Orange Sky Golden Harvest,Katsu Production,Dainichi-Eihai

Cast

Shintarō Katsu,Jimmy Wang Yu,Yuko Hama,Michie Terada,Kōji Nanbara,Tōru Abe,Shinsuke Minami,Goro Kumon,Watako Hamaki,Katsutoshi Akiyamaand 18 more

Director

Kimiyoshi Yasuda,Hsu Tseng-Hung

Writer

Yamada Takayuki,Kan Shimozawa,Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Producer

Shintarō Katsu

Cinematography

Chikashi Makiura,Fujio Morita

Music

Isao Tomita

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0066602