A Sword Renounced

Overview

Also known as The Blind Swordsman's Revenge, this is Zatoichi Versus The Flying Guillotine (1972). Zatoichi is "born Wu Ching Hui, he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth and taken to Japan, where he learned his cane sword skills. He appears to be widely known in China by his Japanese name, but as the film opens he is just returning to China to look up his long-lost brother, Tieh Hou. To his dismay, he learns that the brother has been killed in a sword duel with one Chu Yen Jieh. The grief-stricken prodigal blubbers in mourning and vows revenge."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1973

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Taiwan

Production

Ltd.,Foo Hwa Cinema Co.,Fu Hua Film Company,Foo Hwa Cinema Co., Ltd.

Cast

Chen Hung-Lieh,Teruo Sakamaki,Chiang Tao,Chang Ma,Ho Wei-Hsiung,Chung-Mou Hsieh,Lung Fei,Chu Shao-Hwa,Mao Shan,Jen-ping Suand 6 more

Director

Tu Chong-Hsun

Writer

Tu Chong-Hsun,Chun Hsiung Lin

Producer

Yin-Han Yeh

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1807072