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Blind Monk Swordsman (1964)

Directed by Hideaki Ônishi

Overview

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the later two yakuza priest series with Shintaro Katsu and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Apparently so. And the swordsman motif seems to have been concurrent with Daiei’s first ZATOICHI production.

Length 86 minutes

Actors

Haruo Tanaka | Sonosuke Sawamura | Fujio Suga | Masao Mishima | Seiya Satô | Jûshirô Konoe | Chiyonosuke Azuma | Shinobu Chihara | Kusuo Abe | Eijirô Kataoka | Mitsuru Takeuchi | Ryuko Azuma | Hiroshi Fujikawa | Kikuko Hojo | Kin'nosuke Fujiki