Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
- Released
- Runtime 1h 34m
- Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Genres Action Adventure Drama
- Rating 6.8/10 (47 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
-
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi
-
Jimmy Wang Yu
as Wang Kang
-
Yuko Hama
as Osen
- Michie Terada as Oyone
-
Kōji Nanbara
as Kakuzen
-
Tōru Abe
as Boss Toubei
-
Shinsuke Minami
as Hanoichi
- Goro Kumon
- Watako Hamaki as Sen
- Katsutoshi Akiyama
- Yutaro Ban
-
Yūji Hamada
-
Tokue Hanazawa
- Seishiro Hara
- Tsutomu Hashimoto
-
Shirō Itō
as Stooge
- Tadashi Iwata
-
Jun Katsumura
as Toubei yakuza
Crew
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Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
-
Hsu Tseng-Hung
Director
- Chikashi Makiura Director of Photography
-
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
- Toshio Taniguchi Editor
- Isao Tomita Original Music Composer
-
Shintarō Katsu
Producer
- Yamada Takayuki Screenplay
-
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Screenplay
