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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 13, 1971

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Adventure, Action, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

新座頭市 破れ!唐人剣

Production Companies

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

Director

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Description

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.