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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971-01-13 · 94 min · ★ 6.8

Adventure · Action · Drama

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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Directors
Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Hsu Tseng-Hung
Production companies
Katsu Production, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Dainichi-Eihai, Daiei Film
Countries
Hong Kong, Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Shintarō KatsuShintarō KatsuZatoichi
Jimmy Wang YuJimmy Wang YuWang Kang
Yuko HamaYuko HamaOsen
Michie TeradaOyone
Kōji NanbaraKōji NanbaraKakuzen
Tōru AbeTōru AbeBoss Toubei
Shinsuke MinamiHanoichi
Goro Kumon
Watako HamakiSen
Katsutoshi Akiyama
Yutaro Ban
Yūji HamadaYūji Hamada
Tokue HanazawaTokue Hanazawa
Seishiro Hara
Tsutomu Hashimoto
Shirō ItōShirō ItōStooge
Tadashi Iwata
Jun KatsumuraJun KatsumuraToubei yakuza
Kanae KobayashiKanae KobayashiShige
Gen Kuroki

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